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"I worked through repeated tragedies.

These paintings share my story.

My niche: Billionaire heiresses & heirs".

THESE MEN & WOMEN TAUGHT ME

"My parents, doctors Jane Smiley Burgoon and Carroll F. Burgoon, Jr.

I was a member of the Junior Curators Club, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Est. in 1812); I was 5 y/o; A student of Kathie Dugas, 7th-grade art, General Wayne Jr. H.S. (GVSD). She taught me perspective and to draw hands; J. C. Peden, 7th-grade science taught the scientific method; Asst wrestling coach; Gregory Pierce, 8th-grade geography teacher taught love of National Parks; BGen Woodrow Kessler (Ret), USMC Hall of Fame, 11th-grade art appreciation at Great Valley Sr. H.S. (GVSD) - Obtuse lessons evident in my paintings today - He exhorted me to go to art school upon graduation; Navy Rear Admiral (Upper) Bill New taught me to tie knots in our dining room; Advocate, Myron Anderson, PhD unleashed my interest in aquatic insects, doing an Honor's Thesis and teaching - He wanted me to go to grad school; Aaron Finkbeiner, General Agent, Northwestern Mutual got me out of my shell, taught me to sell on a napkin at the Athenaeum and to birddog in the shadow of Independence Hall; Pauline Shirley DTM, PIP, Hall of Fame, Toastmasters International; Helena Braga Pereira da Cunha arranged my studies with the genius artist Don Fco. Alcaraz who took me into his atelier for the summer and showed me how to do what he did 24/7; Retired USAF Capt Jeran Akers, Mayor, Plano, TX business owner; Major General Hugh G. Robinson, PE, BELO Board member who mentored me and advocated me to BELO assets and Good Morning Texas cohosts; EDS founder Ross Perot, Sr.; LtCol Keith Self (Ret), U.S. House of Representatives, former county judge, USMA, 82nd Airborne, Ranger, Master Parachutist, served at USCENTCOM on General Franks staff, helped draft proposal for Gen Franks (Ret); LORAC Chairman, philanthropy consultant Carol Joyce Hinkley Thompson heard about me keynoting to American Association of University Women at SMU and promoted me to her Dallas clients: Ross Perot, Sr., Gen Robinson, Ron J. Anderson, M.D. CEO, Parkland Health & Hospital System etc.; Huntley Paton, publisher American City Business Journals, Dallas; The 500+ audiences around North Texas; Belarmino “Blackie” Gonzalez, owner and show host KCHF TV-11, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Dallas Chapter of Credit Unions; Carolyn Luhn as I refined this website. Thank you.

[For out of the box thinkers. Watercolor was recognized as an art form in Chinese manuscript painting around BCE 4,000. WC remains prominent to date: Audubon, Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Qi Baishi, Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Picasso, Carroll.]

A LITTLE BIT PASSIONATE (!!!)

"I rinsed my brush in my crystal of Cab, used my toothbrush on some Botanical Garden works, sandpapered a dozen bespoke Holy Land pics, tore up stacks of my originals and hundreds of professionally shot 4 x 5's. I sold my purple thistles drawing for $100 just to get it out of my sight - I painted 12 detailed Holy Land images for a custom calendar (400 hours in 20 days) sent gratis to 75,000 top benefactors of a 400,000-member non-profit in Chicago, IL. I've donated to many non-profits, e.g., hospitals, medical research, recovery, ... children's advocacy, adoption, education.

"I was making precise, detailed drawings

and played with color when I was 4½ y/o

when I couldn't find the words to express my grief over my older sister's tragic death".

[WATERCOLOR is a WILD BEAST only those who refuse to follow the herd appreciate. WC requires a different way of seeing, thinking and creating to make it sing multiple octaves.]

   "My art is meant to teach, to be shared, AWESOME by nature.

"It was a Brazilian lady, granddaughter of the co-founder of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, 1895, who arranged my study

with Don Fco. Alcaraz.

Helena was a woman of patience, of wealth, of presence. She reached out across the ocean to ensure the training of this artist.

METAMORPHOSIS

"I paint LOVE, because love isn't soft, it's hard.

I paint LOVE fiercely, wildly, and deeply.

My fingers move with the fury of a prophet

and the patience of a saint.

I began drawing Northwest Arkansas

with Prismacolor in 1991.

"Ode to Joy (Beethoven's Ninth; Many of my watercolors were made while listening to

WRR Classical 101.1 FM, Dallas, Texas.)

Four-star General Tommy Franks (Ret), former USCENTCOM Commander overseeing a 25-country-region including the Middle East, penned the foreword to my first book,

A Hall of Fame musician introduced us.

I donated 2,600 1st Editions ($91,000).

"Kitsy Westmoreland had her NY attorney son take her picture with me at a small private dinner aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, attended by 40 Medal of Honors and two

Knight of Malta Commanders who reported to the Pope. Arrangements were made by Westy's ADC; I was the guest of a Knight of Malta oil company president. The dean of neurosurgery, a Knight of Columbus, hosted a private lunch for me in his office. An A.H. Belo Trustee mentored and championed me; As did Ross Perot and his philanthropy consultant. One mentor, a sinker-slider pitcher laughing said, 'I threw one too many pitches to Barry Bonds' -

I realized, to be a champion pitchman, a salesman, you needed to make pitches that the prospect could crank into a towering homerun, ... Sometimes I painted both sides of a sheet of paper, swinging for the fences like The Babe, Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, Willie McCovey, ...

I'd been a RF and SP in Little League Baseball.

Then, ... I wrestled 5 years, played tennis 16+ years, raced bikes on the banked track (RHR 28 and est. VO2 max 75), ran distance (PB 4:08 mile, 31:57 10K), ... Power walked. I'd developed discipline, precision and endurance to paint.

I like to work hard.

"I GOT GOOD GENES.

Poppy had been a U.S.N. doctor, Third Tide, on Dog Green, D-Day and Chief Medical Officer on U.S.S. Bull in the Pacific. I'm here because SEALs kept his boat unmarred. He was a front page running back and 53 sec. 440 ft. cinder track runner at Harrisburg Academy in the 1930s; They didn't have starting blocks. He was a professor at Temple University and University of Pennsylvania medical schools and had a huge private practice on the Main Line. Dr. B died at age 91; He learned Spanish to talk with his CVIM patients. He built his wife, Jane, a world-class equestrian center next door around a ca. 1732 mansion with a 60-horse barn and hired a New Zealand, FBHS, an Olympic gold medalist to be headmaster followed by a Burghley Horse Trials winner and 2x British Olympic Team member. Poppy loved 'The fine art of medicine.' He was national president of AAD and widely published. He kept everything shipshape and was repeatedly named 'The Doctor's Doctor' by the Philadelphia Inquirer. Poppy was tireless.

My dad loved to work hard.

"My doctor mom's doctor dad died of leukemia during the Dakota Dustbowl and Stock Market Crash. She earned her own way through college and medical school, was Board Certified in Pediatrics, was Dr. Bill Nelson's North American Pediatrics first editor, taught at Children's Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, and was Bd. Cert. in Dermatology before joining my dad's practice. She was a conservationist. Virginia Jane Smiley Burgoon, MD retired at 65 to play with her grandkids, go to DuPont's Longwood Gardens, love on her long-haired cat, add to her Life Bird List, birdwatch, ... boat down the Amazon River and take nature walks.

She pushed my dad to start Pediatric Dermatology. She had nine children with Poppy,

including triplets. I aced every paper she typed for me, including one on topology.

"My given name, Carroll, honors our Maryland neighbor, last living signer of the Declaration of Independence, Charles Carroll of Carrollton.

Burgundy, France. Our surname was Burgund

boarding the Colony-bound Lydia in 1740; The Burgunds disembarked Burgoon. They were 100% opportunity seekers. Pioneering Burgoons from Ohio settled in Fort Worth, Texas in 1850;

Burgoons fought in the American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, WW1, WWII, Korean War,

Vietnam, ... 134 years later I flew into Texas, escaped my dad's shadow and old beliefs,

and established my identity - The Lone Star State permeated my artwork. After 42 years in North Texas, I chartered a jet and flew to the Wild Heart of the Rockies and adventure.

[Burgundians lived on Burgundarholmr Island,

Denmark, before returning to the mainland.

Burgundians conquered 4th Century Europe,

fully 1000 years before Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance of the arts and sciences.]

"The President of the U.S., Geo. Bush, sent me a note saluting my community service. I didn't know anyone was watching. Cool beans.

"My little watercolor hangs with Picasso oils

on a Fort Worth, Texas cattle ranch!

"Thanks again to everyone who helped me along the way. You love me, or you don't".

- Carroll, INFP-A