Carol Evans

Born in Louisiana eighty-six years ago, Carol Evans has been creating art since the age of fifteen. Her lifelong devotion to art is instinctive and unwavering. As she explains, “After painting for most of my life, I find it hard to explain my inspiration. It is just what I do—it’s always what I have done—because I have always wanted to be an artist, and that is what artists do.”

Carol studied with individual art teachers for many years and has worked in nearly every medium, including watercolor, egg tempera, pastels, oils, acrylics, and encaustics. In the 1970s, she painted exclusively in egg tempera, earning numerous awards, including a Blue Ribbon from the Southwestern Watercolor Society’s Annual Membership Show. She later became known for painting detailed acrylic trompe-l’oeil murals in Texas homes, with her work appearing in magazines around Austin.

After raising two children and working alongside her husband in their life insurance business, while also dealing antiques, Carol took a hiatus from painting. Twenty-two years ago, following retirement and a move to Nashville, she returned to painting in acrylics before discovering encaustic art.

“After painting in every medium over many years, Encaustics is my current medium now for eight years,” she says. Dating back over 2,000 years to ancient Egypt, encaustic is the most challenging medium she has encountered. “I always try the hardest things to prove something to myself.”

Carol also designs jewelry and remains deeply inspired. “Art is what encourages me to keep on living my best life,” she says, “and I love knowing that people appreciate seeing and owning one of my paintings.”

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See Carol’s work at Gallery 202, in downtown Franklin, or online at 

gallery202art.com.