Formally educated in fine arts and philosophy, Carol Dearborn is a third-generation artist from a family with a tradition of social action.  Grandmother Anita Willets-Burnham  traveled the globe and promoted world peace through her writing, lectures and paintings in the American Impressionist style.  

In addition to her work with natural themes, Dearborn has for many years used her visual art for transformation and healing.  She is also a  portraitist in oil and pastel, working on commission and offering classes in portraiture as well as master workshops in collage and creative expression.   

Ten percent of sales are given to the Pachamama Alliance  and the Sufficiency Foundation, non-profit organizations supporting the global vision of sufficiency and sustainability.

artist statement

My purpose is to channel divine love and healing through visual arts.  Principles of beauty, truth and freedom help me find the way to travel into the realm of the soul and make visible the messages I receive.

This exploration began when as a child I made paintings and embroideries of woodland spirits.  These spirit forces were very powerful guides and comforts as I faced the dangers of my life.  Over the years I return again and again to wild places for sustenance, inspiration and renewal.

Becoming a Reiki Master and working with the teachings of Robert Monroe gave me my first experience of the power of intending new ways of being for myself and others, and creating them.  My collages, paintings and photography of natural encounters possible through these tools are a devotion to these mysteries and testament to miracles beyond who I know myself to be.  They are prayers of profound gratitude to forces of Nature and Earth, and all the other teachers and disciplines that have come to me out of my desire for healing. 

My work is to help break down the barriers our minds impose and open a door to our true limitlessness.  Art is a miracle of healing, truth and possibility.  In making art we all can use image and form to renew reality moment by moment, allowing us to be truly present to the ecstasy of being alive.  We transform our own vibration and this alters the vibration of the world around us. 

Through my images I suggest paths of transformation and surrender to the ultimate freedom of love.