Born in the United States and growing up in a family immersed in the glamorous Hollywood film industry, Carol Gordon was impacted by both the beauty of Southern California and the lifestyle and values of a celebrity-centred culture. She experienced them as polar opposite to the down-to-earth prairie values of Minnesota, where she was born and lived for her
first six years. This schism became a catalyst for her lifelong love of nature, creativity, personal growth, and the pursuit of authenticity and self-expression.

Carol began journaling at age 10, studied photography in high school and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1969 in “Culture &
Creativity,” an individual major which she designed. The following June she immigrated to Canada and that first summer she was a student in the photography program at
the Banff School of Fine Arts. Five years later, in her late 20s, Carol attended the Vancouver School of Art, now the Emily Carr University of Art & Design, where she developed an emotion-directed, intuitive, abstract expressionist approach to watercolour painting.

Carol lives with her life partner, also an artist, near Invermere, British Columbia in the Canadian Rockies.

“I photograph with my outer eye, I paint with my inner eye, and I write from my heart.” – Carol

A Memorial Gathering will be held in Carol’s memory on November 14, 2025 from 1-4pm at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. Musicians are welcome to bring their instruments.

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