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About The Artist
I was deeply moved by several things very early in my life; color, beauty, horses and
watching my mother paint. I have considered these influences over many decades
and realize that they stir something very significant, deep within me. As I work in
my studio and on location and as I thoughtfully consider these influences, I find that
I am able to create artwork that moves others in a way that is distinct and uplifting.
Art at its best, has the power to move and change others, to remind us of what is
possible and exhibit what we are capable of achieving as human beings, sharing this
time and place. Art has the power to inspire us, open our hearts, shape our views
and lift our thoughts. As the years gather behind me, my own work has become less
about working from a place of thinking and producing and more about working
from a place of feeling, sharing and understanding.
Carol Peek is a native Californian who grew up drawing and riding horses from the pacific coast through the Sierra Nevada mountains. Her mother was her biggest inspiration, an artist herself, encouraging Carol to follow her dream of becoming a professional artist. Spending so much of her early years in nature on horseback influenced her deep appreciation of the natural world. Carol began her education at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, CA. She started her career as a professional artist in 1987 and her desire for more knowledge brought her to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA to earn a Master’s Degree in Fine Art Painting in 2021. Her interests in art are focused on color and the natural world and the animals that inhabit it.
In her mature career phase, Carol is interested in more than meets the eye, integrating sacred geometric armatures in her work which offer deeply felt harmonious design. When a painting calls for it, she paints with a limited color palette to create moving color harmonies which holds the painting in an intimate color space.
Carol began teaching in 2010 in her studio as well as a 2 year stint teaching at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Her classes range from academic basics, plein air landscape painting, and creative explorations in paint and non-objective imagery. All of this to inform the students about possibilities and give them a greater understanding of their materials. Carol admits that teaching is a joy and a wonderful way to give back some of what she has gained throughout her years of being actively engaged in education and a creative life.
Galleries in San Francisco and New York City have represented her work and numerous one woman and museum group shows fill her resume. A participant in the Art in Embassies Program, her work has been shown as far away as Luxembourg and Azerbaijan. Collectors include Art Garfunkel, Joseph Feinnes, Kit and Arnold Palmer and the Ritz Carlton Hotel.
Oil Paint
Contact Information
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Exhibitions & Press
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 How I Think About Color, Lecture, Show, Holton Studio Gallery, Berkeley, CA, July
2016 Carol Peek, Talisman Wines, Glen Ellen CA
2014 New Paintings, North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 New Paintings, North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 New Paintings, North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Carol Peek Paintings, Hubert Gallery, New York, NY
New Paintings, North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Carol Peek Paintings, Hubert Gallery, New York, NY
2004 New Paintings, The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Painting the Landscape, North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Painting California, North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Carol Peek, Paintings, North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024 Painting the West, Two Person Show, Feb-March, Holton Studio Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2023 99th Juried Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT. April-July
2022 Beloved California IV, Holton Studio Gallery, Berkeley, CA. Nov-Dec
2021 Hardly Strictly Mini, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA. Nov-Dec
2022-2020 Art in Embassies Program, United States Embassy, Baku, Azerbaijan
2021-2019 Art in Embassies Program, United States Embassy, Luxembourg
2021-2011 Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, Chapman University
Orange, CA, Pasadena Museum of Art, CA, Los Angeles Museum of Natural History,
Los Angeles, CA, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA, University of Southern California,
Fischer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA,
Gallery Group Show, Calabi Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Beloved California V, Holton Studio Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2020-2014 Marin/Scapes, Buckalew Programs, Escalle Winery, Online,
Larkspur, CA, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
2019-2011 Ranches and Rolling Hills, Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Nicasio, CA, Ross,CA
10 Year Anniversary Celebration, Calabl Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Beloved California IV, Holton Studio Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2018 From the Russian River to Santa Fe, Calabi Gallery, Group Show, Santa Rosa, CA
Beloved California III, A Passion for Place, Holton Studio Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2016 Northern California Impressionism, Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA
Grand Opening, Holton Studio Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2014 Revealing the Landscape, By Invitation Only,August -September
Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art,
Landscapes, Ice House Gallery, Invitational, Petaluma, CA
2013 A Horse of Course, ARTSWestchester, White Plains, NY
2012 National Art Competition, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2011 Ranches and Rolling Hills, Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Nicasio, CA
2010 The Horse in Fine Art, The Lexington History Museum, Lexington, KY
2010-2008 Marin Scapes, Buckalew, Escalle Winery, Larkspur
2007-1997 Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY
2007-2004 The Horse in Fine Art, The Wildlife Experience Museum, Parker, CO
2007 Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
Southeastern Exhibition of the Horse, Charleston, SC
Fall Exhibition, International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, KY
2006 Annual Exhibition, The American Academy of Equine Art,, Invitational
Cross Gate Gallery, Lexington, KY
2004 Annual Exhibition, The American Academy of Equine Art,
The International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, KY
2003-1998 Holiday Group Show, Hubert Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Annual show, American Academy of Equine Art,
The International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, KY
2000-1994 Marin/Scapes, Buckalew Programs, Escalle Winery, Online,
Larkspur, CA, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
1997 Annual Exhibition, Association of American Women Artists, Desert Caballeros
Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Ambassador J. Randolph Evans, Art in Embassies Exhibition, July 2019, Cover and P.22-25.
Alfred Harrison, An Attack of the Heart, Front & Back Covers, “Carol Peek”, 2020, p.177-181.
Paula Rice Jackson, Tall Oaks, Monochrome, 2008, p.38.
Dan Gerber, A Second Life, 2001, Front cover.
Barbara Oelke, Drawing and Painting Horses, 2000, Back cover & p.91.
Ga Wa Ni Pony Boy, Of Women and Horses, 2000, p.74,104 &156.
Dan Gerber, Trying to Catch the Horses, 1999, Front cover.
John Driscoll, The Artist and the American Landscape, 1998, p.147.
Articles
Vicki Stavig, Unexpected Miracles, Art of the West, July/Aug 2017, p.62-67.
Mary Nelson, In the Studio, Art of the West, Jan/Feb 2013, p.22-24.
Alfred C. Harrison Jr., Radical Revival, Antiques Magazine, May/June 2012, p.128-136.
Barbara Coyner, Spiritual Fulfillment, Art of the West, Nov/Dec 2006, p.68-73.
Rose Steward, Horses & Beyond, Informart, Fall 2006, p.45.
Karen Haber, The Color of Light, American Artist, Color, Special Issue 2001, p.86-91.
The Equine Image, January 1998, Front Cover.
Shirley Behrens, Light and Color, Art of the West, May/June 1997, p.26-31.
Karen Haber, Carol Peek; The Alchemy of Color, American Artist, April 1996, p.40-43.
Karen Haber, Fleeting Passages of Light, Southwest Art, October 1994, p.78-82.
Betty Harvey, Gallery, Western Horseman, October 1993, p.142.
Paula Hauser, Beacon of Light, Equine Images, September 1992,p.70-75.
Judith Gordon, Three Keys to Landscapes, The Artist’s Magazine, Sept. 1991, Cover, & p.46-51
Martha McNey, Painting From the Heart, 1998 US ART, September 1998, p.60-65
Awards
2016 International Art Competition, Art Renewal Center, Finalist: Landscape Category
2014 International Art Competition, Art Renewal Center, Finalist: Landscape Category
1997 American Academy of Equine Art, Annual Exhibition, Outstanding Painting
1992 Honorable Mention, The Artist’s Magazine art Competition
Awards
2016 International Art Competition, Art Renewal Center, Finalist: Landscape Category
2014 International Art Competition, Art Renewal Center, Finalist: Landscape Category
1997 American Academy of Equine Art, Annual Exhibition, Outstanding Painting
1992 Honorable Mention, The Artist’s Magazine art Competition
Education
EDUCATION & COLLECTIONS
EDUCATION
2021 MFA Painting Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
1987 BFA Painting, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1982 University of California, Berkeley, CA
1979-81 University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Artist Residencies
1995 The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Also Studied:
The Fechin Institute, Taos, NM
Grand Central Academy, New York, NY
COLLECTIONS:
Notable Collectors / Collections
Art Garfunkel
Kit and Arnold Palmer
Lynn and Foster Friess
Jill and Phil Lesh
Joseph Fiennes
John Travolta
Alfred C. Harrison Jr.
Huntington Ritz Carlton, Pasadena, CA
Debbie and Dan Gerber
Barbara Banke & Jesse Jackson, Kendall-Jackson Wines
Ed Begley Jr.
Melanie Mayron
Barbara Janeff
Ray Redfern
Louise and Lee Patch
Ann Dey
Joseph T. Waldo
PUBLICATIONS-ARTICLES-AWARDS
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Ambassador J. Randolph Evans, Art in Embassies Exhibition, July 2019, Cover and P.22-25.
Alfred Harrison, An Attack of the Heart, Front & Back Covers, “Carol Peek”, 2020, p.177-181.
Paula Rice Jackson, Tall Oaks, Monochrome, 2008, p.38.
Dan Gerber, A Second Life, 2001, Front cover.
Barbara Oelke, Drawing and Painting Horses, 2000, Back cover & p.91.
Ga Wa Ni Pony Boy, Of Women and Horses, 2000, p.74,104 &156.
Dan Gerber, Trying to Catch the Horses, 1999, Front cover.
John Driscoll, The Artist and the American Landscape, 1998, p.147.
Articles
Vicki Stavig, Unexpected Miracles, Art of the West, July/Aug 2017, p.62-67.
Mary Nelson, In the Studio, Art of the West, Jan/Feb 2013, p.22-24.
Alfred C. Harrison Jr., Radical Revival, Antiques Magazine, May/June 2012, p.128-136.
Barbara Coyner, Spiritual Fulfillment, Art of the West, Nov/Dec 2006, p.68-73.
Rose Steward, Horses & Beyond, Informart, Fall 2006, p.45.
Karen Haber, The Color of Light, American Artist, Color, Special Issue 2001, p.86-91.
The Equine Image, January 1998, Front Cover.
Shirley Behrens, Light and Color, Art of the West, May/June 1997, p.26-31.
Karen Haber, Carol Peek; The Alchemy of Color, American Artist, April 1996, p.40-43.
Karen Haber, Fleeting Passages of Light, Southwest Art, October 1994, p.78-82.
Betty Harvey, Gallery, Western Horseman, October 1993, p.142.
Paula Hauser, Beacon of Light, Equine Images, September 1992,p.70-75.
Judith Gordon, Three Keys to Landscapes, The Artist’s Magazine, Sept. 1991, Cover, & p.46-51
Martha McNey, Painting From the Heart, 1998 US ART, September 1998, p.60-65
Awards
2016 International Art Competition, Art Renewal Center, Finalist: Landscape Category
2014 International Art Competition, Art Renewal Center, Finalist: Landscape Category
1997 American Academy of Equine Art, Annual Exhibition, Outstanding Painting
1992 Honorable Mention, The Artist’s Magazine art Competition
