About Carol Burin

I grew up on Chicago’s northwest side and currently live on Chicago’s suburban North Shore. I earned my undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and earned a post-graduate degree from Loyola University Chicago.

 I’ve created works of art since the early 1990’s and been mentored by many Chicago-area artists. I’m a member of the North Shore Art League, the Evanston Art Center, the Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists, and Women Made Gallery.

 Painting represents a language that helps me express myself to the world. I work in oil on canvas and in various media on paper, and continually experiment with media and support to channel my expanding vision and creativity.

I find myself on a journey, albeit a winding one, from realism to pure abstraction. I’ve rearranged motifs into more imaginary compositions; my emotional reaction to what I observe takes precedence over visual impression.  There is little in my recent paintings that one should take literally.  Rather, my recent works offer color, movement, and gestural strokes that reflect feeling and emotion lingering in my imagination well after the original image disappears.

 When I’m not creating two-dimensional works of art, I design and create jewelry that’s often influenced by the palette and sense of discovery reflected in my paintings.