"An animist sensibility pervades Carol Dearborn’s art; every entity—animal, vegetable, or mineral—teems with energy and mystery. Does primordial energy arise from somewhere below us, within us, or from the vast cosmos? Her imagery persists in the mind like a good Zen koan. Dearborn specializes in unconventional landscapes, incorporating abstract expressionist and symbolist ideas to explore inanimate soul and transcendent energy; her paintings pulsate on the boundaries between the material and the supernatural." - Didi Chadran,The Gallery at Dunia