Family, Science and Art of Jose F. Caro M.D.
Art Milestones
Why a Second Career in Art?
My great granduncle, Rafael Eiroa, was an artist in the late XIX century Spain. One of his paintings was in my parents? home. It was a middle age woman sitting in a dilapidated straw chair. Her eyes were unfixed and gazed into space. It was almost as if she was waiting to catch the opportunity she did not have. Every night I fell to sleep thinking about her, about opportunities, the future, and most definitively that I wanted to paint like my uncle Rafael.
After the Spanish Civil war, my family like many others immigrated to Argentina looking for the freedom they did not have. I still remember vividly those 21 days crossing the ocean aboard the steamship Buena Esperanza (Good Hope). My great granduncle?s large canvas was carefully removed from the frame by my father, rolled and stored into a trunk labeled ?memories from Spain?.
Many years had passed before my mother decided to open the trunk. The canvas was severely damaged. I was a teenager and had forgotten the woman sitting in a chair. Nevertheless, my parents knowing my interest for art suggested that I repair her. I bought oils and brushes and I did it! I knew then what I wanted to become. But when I told my father about my desire to enter the school of art he said ?study son, you will always have time to paint?.
I became a physician and soon after graduation I moved to the USA with my wife and daughter looking for freedom and opportunities, like my parents did. It has been a great 40 years journey but I never found time to paint like my father said.
Thus, I left medicine and science at age 60 to find time to paint. My youngest son Rafael after reading this statement he smiled and firmly said ?I will start a career in art this fall semester?. If I finish wanting to paint like my uncle Rafael and my son Rafael, I would say it is not a bad way to end.
Presentations at Juried Shows.-
2009 | Greenville Museum of Art Annual Juried Show. Greenville, NC Only in California and The Magic Five Minutes in the Morning |
2011 | Pastel Society of North Carolina, Winter Exhibition. Greensboro, NC The Beach at Acadia National Park |
2013 | Ninth Annual Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, Old Forge, NY I am not a little girl anymore |
2013 | 27th Annual International Exhibit. Northwest Pastel Society. Tacoma, WA At Acadia National Park |
2013 | First Carteret County Juried Art Show by Michael Dorsey former Dean of the School of Art at East Carolina University. Emerald Isle, NC Shall I grow up? and At the Poconos Mountains |
2013 | North Carolina Statewide Juried Pastel Exhibition. On Common Grounds: Pastel Paintings From The Mountains To The Sea. I am not a little girl anymore |
2013 | The 23rd International Association of Pastel Societies Juried Exhibition. Marshfield, MA I am not a little girl anymore |
2013 | 9th Annual Northeast National Pastel Exhibition 2013 I am not a little girl anymore |
2014 | The Southeastern Pastel Society 16th International Exhibition. Oglethorpe University Museum of Art. Atlanta, GA I am Not Alone and Dreaming About Spring |
2014 | 28th Annual International Exhibit. Northwest Pastel Society. Tacoma, WA At Acadia National Park |
2014 | Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, View.Old Forge NY Maternity |
2014 | Degas Pastel Society Fifteenth Biennial National Exhibition. New Orleans, LA. Maternity and I am not alone |
2014 | Southeastern Pastel Society On-Line Juried Exhibition. Choices |
2015 | Southeastern 2015 juried members exhibition. Quinlan Visual Art Center, Gainesville, GA. Maternity |
2015 | Degas Pastel Society Nineteenth Membership Exhibition. New Orleans, LA Choices and I am not a little girl anymore |
2015 | The Peninsula Art League 2015 Open Juried Show. Harbor History Museum, Gig Harbor, WA Maternity and The hug |
2015 | 117th Annual Juried Exhibition, Richmond Art Museum, Richmond IN. Choices |
2105 | Indiana Artists Member Exhibition 2015, Minnetrista Museum, Muncie IN Dreaming about Spring |
2015 | Southeastern Pastel Society 2015 Online Exhibition What are you thinking? |
2016 | 84th Annual Juried Exhibition. Indiana Artists at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Maternity |
2017 | 85th Annual Juried Exhibition. Indiana Artists at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I am not Alone |
2017 | Degas Pastel Society Twentieth Membership Exhibition. Selfie to the Sunglasses |
2017 | Pure Color 2017. Pastel Society of North Carolina. Why |
2017 | Sixth Biennial National Juried Open Exhibition, Pastels Chicago Birthday Party |
2017 | Indiana Artists Annual Members Exhibition The joy of Life |
2017 | Southeastern Pastel Society, online memebers showcase Healthy |
2018 | Seventh Biennial Member Juried Exhibition, Strokin' VII! Our Polititians |
2018 | Southeastern Pastel Society"s 2018 Juried 18th International Exhibition Selfies at the glasses |
2018 | Hoosier Salon, New Harmony Gallery Are we ready to leave home? |
One Person Shows.-
2013 | Emerald Isle Recreation Center, Emerald Isle, NC |
2013 | Bogue Banks Public Library, Pine Knoll Shores, NC |
2013 | Arts for the Hospital, Carteret Hospital, Morehead City, NC |
Presentations at Non Juried Shows.-
2013 | Art for the Heart Annual Exhibition. Carteret County Art Council. Morehead City, NC . ?I am not a little girl any more? and ?The beach at Emerald Isle? |
Awards/Honors/Publications.-
2012 | The Editor Choice: Celebration of Water?. Art & Beyond Vol. 6, page 16, 2012. |
2013 | Juried Member of the Pastel Society of America (PSA) |
2013 | Featured Artist of the Week with "Are we ready to leave home?" at Artists Registry.com |
2013 | Featured Artwork @The Library. The Shoreline, Vol. 9, No. 8, p. 10 |
2013 | Featured Pastel Artist. News-Time, Vol. 102, No.59, p. |
2013 | News and Mentions. Art Line, Pastel Society of NC. Vol. 2013 May |
2014 | The Artist's Magazine. Annual Art Competition. Portrait/Figure Third Place Winer "I am not a little girl anymore" |
2015 | Juried Full Member of the Degas Pastel Society. |
2015 | Juried Full Member of the Indiana Artists Club |
Professional Societies and Memberships.-
2008 - 2012 | The Indiana Art Association |
2009 - Present | Hoosier Salon, Patron Association and Fine Art Gallery |
2009 - 2012 | Northern Indiana Pastel Society |
2012 - 2014 | Craven Arts Council & Gallery, Inc., NC |
2012 - 2014 | Seaside Arts Council, NC |
2012 - 2014 | Art Council of Carteret County, NC |
2012- 2014 | Pastel Society of North Carolina |
2012- 2014 | Greenville Museum of Art, NC |
2013- Present | Juried Associate Member Pastel Society of America (PSA) |
2013- Present | Northwest Pastel Society |
2014- Present | Southeastern Pastel Society |
2014 - Present | Juried Signature Member of the Degas Pastel Society |
2018 | Member of Excellence, Southeastern Pastel Society |
Invited Lectures. -
?The role of art in society?. Lookout Rotary Club, Morehead City, NC 2012
?The Past and Present of Pastel Painting?. At the Art for the Hospital Annual Meeting.
Carteret Community Hospital, Morehead City, NC 2013
Consultant/Advisory Activities. -
Member of the Board of Arts for the Hospital. Carteret County Community Hospital, Morehead City, NC
Member of the Jury for Arts for the Heart, Student Category, Carteret County Art Council, Morehead City, NC
Art education.-
2008-2010 | Semester Courses in Fine Art at the Indianapolis Art Center. |
2010-2012 | Study in Fine Art at CCC College, Morehead City, NC |
2011-Present | Participation at Workshops, critic sections and art classes with experience artists such us W. Creevy, R. McKinley, P. Newell. |