Carol Brode

Carol Brode

Time, place and memory have long held interest for me as themes for my work. The use of encaustic mixed media as a medium allows for multiple layers of translucency, which literally and figuratively refer to the processes of remembering and retrieving. The imagery is from photographs I have taken on trips to historic sites in Europe and Israel, and evoke the passage of time. Most of this work is also about choices and dichotomies, and many utilize text fragments from T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets" to create an overall sense of fragmentation, an essence of memory.

Midnight

24" x 24"

encaustic mixed media

Carol Brode is on the faculty at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA, where she serves as Director of Harlan Gallery and teaches studio art courses, including Painting and Printmaking, as well as Contemporary Art and Criticism and Non-Western art history. She has curated many exhibitions for the gallery, including the artwork of regional, national, and international artists.

Carol is a member of the College Art Association, the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (past board member and exhibitions chair), Group A, and is listed in the Marquis Who's Who of American Women. Her work has been exhibited at the Carnegie Museum of Art, The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, The Mattress Factory, the State Museum of PA, and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, as well as in many other galleries and venues.

Her artwork is in the collections of many regional corporations, including Westinghouse, Duquesne Light, Dravo Corporation, and others, as well as in many private collections. She received her MA and BA degrees from Indiana University of PA, and did additional graduate study at New York University, as well as post-baccalaureate studies in Art Education at the University of Pittsburgh.

Ms. Brode travels frequently to view current exhibitions, and in the past has taken students to Italy, England, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Greece.

Because I Know

24" x 24"

encaustic mixed media