Meet Carol

Artist Statement

I am a shape master, following no rules. One definitive stroke leads to another. Color, shape, and expression become my collective North Star; always walking into the unknown.

After a decades-long tenure as a successful sculptor in Southern California, painting has become my new medium of choice. I have chosen acrylic paint, canvas, and wood to render my favorite subject: animals; whimsical, colorful animals with a bit of a story in each piece.

My life’s work happens in solitude where painting becomes a journey of spirit, self-knowledge, empowerment, and discovery. My imagination is restless, and creation my desire; using my hands and my heart to bring my subjects to life. As a child, I was encouraged to be creative and today I’m still exploring new ways to experiment with my art.

Bio

Born and raised in San Diego, Carol Mayfield studied art at SDSU in the graduate program, at the Archie Bray Foundation with Patti Warashima, Idyllwild School of the Arts with Maria Martinez, Mesa College with TJ Dixon, and Clay Associates with Rhoda Lopez, Eric Wood, and Jerry Thiebolt.

She taught ceramics for more than 30 years in public and private schools in San Diego, California. She also owned the beloved “Clay for Kids” mobile ceramic studio.

Now retired from teaching, she has immersed herself in painting narrative and colorful images inspired by nature. Similar to her many sculptures, Mayfield is now focused on making whimsical art of animals and florals; but now they are paintings with bright, saturated color palettes.

As demonstrated in her sculpture practice, Mayfield has a deep love of the natural world and translates her subject matter into joyful yet sophisticated works with conceptual underpinnings. Narrative, colorful, and whimsical are fitting descriptions of Carol Mayfield’s extensive body of work.

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  • Ashton Gallery, San Diego, CA, 2021

    Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts. Laguna Beach, CA 2018

    Santa Ysabel Gallery, Santa Ysabel, CA 2018

    San Diego Pottery Sculpture Tour 2016

    Clay Associates, San Diego, CA, 2015

    Sculpture Guild, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, 2015

    Clay Artists of San Diego, CA, 2000-2015

    Small Image Show, Studio 21, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 2011

    Athenaeum Juried Sculpture Show, La Jolla, CA 2010

    Gallery Alexander, La Jolla, CA 2001-2003

  • La Jolla Methodist Church, Dupont Family Foundation, La Jolla, CA

    Sand Castle & Fish, Palm Ave, Imperial Beach, CA

  • BA, MA San Diego State University

    Studied art at SDSU in the graduate program, Archie Bray Foundation with Patti Warashima, Idyllwild School of the Arts with Maria Martinez, Mesa College with TJ Dixon, and Clay Associates with Rhoda Lopez, Eric Wood, and Jerry Thiebolt.

  • Bronze Sculpture

    12’

    Palm Avenue

    Imperial Beach, CA

    Public Art

    Bronze Fountain

    36”x15”

    La Jolla Methodist Church,

    La Jolla, CA

    Public Art

    Bird Totem

    10’

    Rancho Santa Fe

    Private Residence

    Bronze Dog

    30”x20”15”

    Rancho Santa Fe, CA

    Private Residence

    Bird Rock Elementary Walls

    Bird Rock Elementary, La Jolla, CA

    Public

  • Laguna Beach, CA

    Rancho Santa Fe, CA

    Manhattan, NYC, NY

    Bend, OR

    San Diego, CA

    Santa Fe, NM

  • La Jolla Women’s Club

    SDSU Gallery

    Mesa College Gallery

    Oceanside Art Museum

    Artwalk

    Atheneum

    Clay Artist of San Diego

    Sculpture Guild -Balba Park

    Gallery 21- Balboa Park

    Girard Gourmet

    Bazaar De Muno, - Old Town

    Riford Library - La Jolla

    La Jolla Historical Society Secret Garden Tour

    Ashton Gallery

    Pageant of the Masters 2018

    Mingei International Folk Art Museum Gift Shop

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