Carol Spils, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, has lived on Capitol Hill since 1993 where she paints in her home studio. Throughout her youth, Carol was interested in art. Before graduating in Finance from the University of Notre Dame, Carol initially studied art and architecture at the University of Notre Dame in 1984. Rededicating herself to visual art, Carol studied drawing and painting at the Corcoran School of Art.

In the summer of 2000, Carol had a solo show at Market 5 Gallery. Subsequently, Taylor and Sons Fine Art exhibited Carol's art and had a solo show for the artist in the spring of 2001. Carol then exhibited her art at Gallery 325. Group shows include Masterworks at Taylor and Sons Fine Art, Capitol Hill House and Garden Tour, and the Fellowship Program at the DC Contemporary Art Museum. In 2002, Carol participated in the first Artist Directory Open Studios through the Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran. In 2002, Alvear Studios on Capital Hill had a solo show for Carol: “Color on 8^th Street.”  Carol’s vibrant art is primarily inspired by Washington D.C.’s Eastern Market, Hawaii and Alaska.

In 2003, the Children’s National Medical Center had a yearlong show of Carol’s artwork. In October 2003, Children’s featured Carol’s work at an “Art Extravaganza” at which the artist unveiled her America’s Children II and III. Generous hospital benefactors purchased Carol’s balloon painting to decorate the main lobby of Children’s and her Hawaiian Fish III and IV brighten up the emergency room. In 2004, Carol painted a piece to benefit Children's New Horizons Art Program for Jazzmatazz, the annual jazz gala, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities selected Carol  to paint a Panda Sculpture (Pandamania 2004) for Washington D.C.  In 2004, Carol participated in the Capitol Hill Open Studios, Capitol Hill's Oktoberfest, and  DC's Artomatic.   The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop auctioned a piece of Carol's artwork at the Arts Ball 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007. 

During the summer of 2006, Market 5 Gallery at Eastern Market exhibited Carol's work in a show titled "Kids in Costume," featuring the collection of the Artist's Children Series, which included  new works titled "Kids in Costume" and "Children of the World."  Carol is on the Steering  Committee of Artomatic, a large scale community arts event sponsored by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and helped to organize Automatic 2007 in Crystal City, Virginia.

In the spring of 2007, Carol and Michele Taylor painted for a show titled "In the Tropics" at American Painting Fine Art in DC.  In the fall of 2007, Carol had a solo show at American Painting in New York City.

In June 2007, the Washington Hospital Center acquired "America's Children II" for display in their new Phil Goldstein Learning Center.

The American Painting Fine Art in New York City and Washington, DC, represents Carol.  Locations are 208 East Sixth St., New York, NY, 10003, (212)254-2628, and 5118 Macarthur Blvd. Washington, DC 20016, (202)244-3244. http://www.classicamericanpainting.com/

"Carol's archetypal style is unique. Carol's unorthodox flare for color and composition is intuitive. The 'faux' naiveté of her paintings mesmerize the viewer." [Michele Taylor, Painter & Gallery Director, American Painting Fine Art, New York City].

"Carol's art lights up the faces of the children in our community.  Exhibition viewers are often in awe of her bold use of color." [John Harrod, Director of Market 5 Gallery].

"Carol Spils paints fun.  She has her own style and paints what comes naturally . . .Each of her panels is very strong on color and composition."  [Jim Magner, Art Writer for Hill Rag, a Capitol Hill community publication]

"My heart . . . the Source of my Art"
"My art is from my heart. My heart is my primordial sanctuary where shapes take form and colors grow. I nurture them. The walls of my heart are painted in vivid colors illuminated by shafts of light from life. Images transcend time: fish ply ancient coral reefs, children play in colorful costumes, flowers bedeck purple mountainsides, and daisies smile in the morning light in colors splayed in full spectrum. Color fills my heart and becomes my palette. This is my source of art." [Artist Jack Hannula for Carol Spils].