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"Unconditional love, coffee, and prayer".

1. METAMORPHOSIS, Philadelphia-Area, Pennsylvania

"I was making precise, detailed drawings when I was 4½ y/o. Thus, my quest began - I didn't have words to express grief over my older sister Helen's tragic death. The whereabouts of her remains is unknown. There was no funeral and no mention of her.

My walkabout had begun.

"I was a Junior Curator at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Est. 1812) as

a 5 y/o and was composing photos at 7 y/o.

"I grew up on a 1751 Piedmont horse-estate in the fashionable, healing, iron-rich, sulfurous springs resort town, Chester Springs, where Gen Washington's Continental army hospital was, as they wintered at Valley Forge, PA and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Although I'm self-taught, I once believed (PST)

what 'the system' said about artists.

"My lil' watercolor hangs with Picasso oils

on a Fort Worth, Texas gentleman's ranch!

Yee-haw.

- Carroll

2. WATERCOLORS, Spain/Texas

水彩画 Aquarelles Aquarelle Acuarelas ألوان مائية 

"I began painting at 43 years old when

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; Quarter horse-loving Pam Kayof Phillips paid my way to Madrid and Alcaraz; Then, Jimmy Jack Whitaker, multi-Grammy winner, Hall of Fame musician, singer-songwriter, producer, produced by Gary S. Paxton, wrote four #1 hits worldwide, opened or performed with Willie Nelson and Charlie Daniels, introduced me to General Tommy Franks, and calls me his little brother; LtCol Keith Self (Ret), U.S. House of Representatives, former county judge, West Point graduate, 82nd Airborne, Ranger, Master Parachutist, served at USCENTCOM on General Franks staff, helped draft a proposal for Gen Franks (Ret); Bruce Miller, senior pastor Christ Fellowship, mentor, framed and prominently displayed my Holy Land and Book of Luke paintings, and got the Dallas Morning News to come interview me; Retired USAF Capt Jeran Akers, Mayor, Plano, Texas 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, MIT graduate; EDS founder Ross Perot, Sr.; 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; M. Patrick Esquerré founder of La Madeleine French Bakery & Café refined my 1st book, Ode to Joy at his #1 store next to SMU; Dallas Chapter of Credit Unions, ...

'It took a village ...' I did my best for them. Bravo Zulu

Oeuvre 1,000+ Artworks

25th Anniversary 2019

"I paint flowers to keep my wrists loose.

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 4 x 5's. I sold my life-changing purple thistles drawing for $100 just to get it out of my sight -

"I donated to many non-profits: 65 to 75 original watercolors, 28,000 1st Ed S/N Giclées and prints, 66 ($2,300) Ode to Joy 1st Editions to Miami Dolphins QB Dan Marino's autism foundation via the Dolphins' GM and $26,212 Ode to Joy to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society North Texas, Gulf Coast and 66 to Rotary -

I donated 2,600 journals.

"The whereabouts of my paintings and journals are unknown. I keep no records.

"I use Winsor Red (PR254) to make a painting pop."

"It was the Brazilian granddaughter of the co-founder of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo in 1895, who arranged my study with her friend Alcaraz. Helena was a gracious, thoughtful and keenly intelligent lady. She reached out across the ocean to ensure the training of this artist.

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

Nancy Brunson morning host of Girl Power WRR Classical 101.1 FM, Dallas, Texas.

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

My fingers move with the fury of a prophet

and the patience of a saint.

"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, Ode to Joy.

A Hall of Fame musician introduced us.

I donated 2,600 full-color throughout, perfect bound, 200-page First Editions.

"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. I was invited to join a priory with Presidents Reagan, Carter, Gorbachev, and South American presidents. I declined. 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 Brewer's sinker-slider pitcher laughing said, 'I threw one too many pitches to Barry Bonds' - I'd played Little League Baseball 3 years ... Then, I wrestled 5 years, played tennis 16+ years, raced bikes on the banked track (RHR 28 VO2 max 75, 40 to 60 miles daily high intensity training, free weights, rope jumped 2 hours 7 days a week), qualified as Alternate to Nationals my novice year; Then, I ran distance (PB 4:08 mile) on 70 to 95 sub-six miles weekly for 20+ yrs; I did 70-minute-Power walks 7 miles daily. Then, I had a stroke.

I still have the same vim and vigor.

"I WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA

BUT GOT TO TEXAS AS FAST AS I COULD.

I wanted to get out of Pop's shadow.

"As I grow old, I will change physically, but

I will not change behaviorally.

I'm a Baby Boomer INFP-A"

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

- Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, "Air Jordan"

"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 as Burgoons. Pioneering Burgoons from Ohio settled in Fort Worth, Texas in 1850. Highland Park and Exall Lake were designed by Philadelphia investors. Burgoons fought in the American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, WW1, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam, ... 134 years after Burgoons arrived in Fort Worth I flew into Texas, escaped my dad's shadow,

old beliefs and established my identity. Today, many Burgoons reside in North America".