"I began drawing meticulously as an autodidactic 4½ y/o child referencing

World Book Encyclopedia.

At age 43, watercolor painting became

my healing for my older sister's death and living with my doctor mom's and dad's PTSD.

(The family that built the Brooklyn Bridge built a specialty hospital at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University for my dad.

It was the #1 medical destination in the world.)

Art is healing & lifesaving.

WC was my lifeline, so, I am not nuts like Vincent van Gogh, my favorite artist. Vincent Van Gogh Visits the Gallery | Vincent and the Doctor | Doctor Who (Starry Night, Sunflowers, ... ). I've watched it many more times than Mark Ciardi films, like Miracle and The Rookie and Samuel Goldwyn's Facing the Giants, and they are my 'Go-tos'. I found my voice among the greats, comforting wounded hearts and echoing

across the barrier of time.

"My cell phone, water and electricity were shut off. I slept in my car, on people's sofas, and a homeless shelter. I was a starving artist. My life has been a course of miracles great and small.

I kept painting and donated to charity. 

"Dr. Ron. J. Anderson, MD, President & CEO of Parkland Health & Hospital System told me my Arkansas Prismacolors should be in every hospital room and hallway in North America. The former commander of USCENTCOM, told me my 1st book, Ode to Joy, should be in the hands of all enlisted personnel, Veterans and families worldwide - Gen Franks penned the foreword to OTJ and declined his $100k fee just to use his name. Each was a daring visionary.

One of the world's first billionaires, multi-billionaire founder of EDS, Ross Perot Sr., called me at 10AM to mentor me. Kitsy Westmoreland had her NYC lawyer son take my picture with her at a small black tie with 40 Medal of Honors and two Knights of Malta Knight Commanders; Gen Westmoreland's ADC made arrangements for me to be there. HSM The King of Spain, Juan Carlos 1, sent me a letter through his Chief of Staff. I gave 525 keynote speeches my first 12 months. An IQ 160 Yale MFA (Art History) called me a 'Genius' with a higher IQ than hers.

My palette is our heavenly Father's Shekinah glory. I painted what I saw as I saw it.

"A Fort Worth businessman told me,

'This [Carroll] will hang between my 2 Picassos and a Chagall on my cattle ranch.'

It was of the Marshall in the Jim Courtright shootout reenacted in the stockyards".