About the Artist
Caroline Brown pursues dual careers as both an artist and a nurse. She graduated from Skidmore College with a Bachelor of Science in Art in 2011 and from New York University School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science in 2013. After completing her education, Brown worked as a mural artist for NS Studios, transforming the halls and lobbies of Baltimore, Maryland charter schools into thought provoking, educational murals. She began her nursing career in 2015 to work as an operating room nurse where she would find herself sketching the surgical procedures from life when she had a free moment from her nursing duties. She has sold work through exhibitions and regularly takes commissions.
Growing up on the east coast by the water and living in major cities such as New York City, San Francisco, Baltimore and Washington D.C., has had a major influence on Brown’s work. She is often drawn to water scenes that remind her of trips to the ocean and the nostalgia of spending a carefree day at the pool, yet she is also enamored with the rush of a cityscape. Her work seeks to capture the endless mystery that lies beneath the ripples of the water and behind a city’s walls.
Exhibitions
2019 – MFA Circle Gallery, Strokes of Genius Juried Show, Annapolis, MD
2019 – Mount Vernon Place Plein Air Juried Art Show, The Engineer’s Club, Baltimore, MD
2019 – MFA Curve Gallery, Stormy Weather Juried Show, Online
2019 – MFA Circle Gallery, Mid Summer Madness Group Show, Annapolis, MD
2019 – Fells Point Pop-Up Gallery Featured Artist
2019 – MFA Circle Gallery, Paint Annapolis Dueling Brushes Group Exhibit, Annapolis, MD
2017 – Roland Park Country School Featured Artist, Baltimore, MD
2014 – Jordan Faye Contemporary, Thrive Group Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
Prizes
2019 – People’s Choice Winner at the Mount Vernon Place Plein Air Juried Art Show
2019 – Best Monument Painting at the Mount Vernon Place Plein Air Juried Art Show
2019 – 1st Place Winner MFA Curve Gallery Stormy Weather Juried Show
Work
Manager and Featured Artist at The Brown Gallery Pop-Up Gallery in Historic Fells Point, Baltimore, MD – May – June 2019
Registered Operating Room Nurse at GBMC Hospital, Baltimore, MD 2015 – Present
Travel Nurse at Kaiser Permanente Hospital, San Francisco, CA 2018
Mural Artist for NS Studios, Baltimore, MD 2014 – 2015
Education
Zoll Studio School of Fine Art, Timonium, MD, 2016 - Present
New York University, New York, NY. Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 2013
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. Bachelor of Science in Studio Art, 2011
Membership
Maryland Federation of Art
Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association