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Carolyn Boccella Bagin
Life has a funny way of coming full circle. You could say I’m a late bloomer, though maybe I’ve just been marinating for years.
As a child, I was always drawing. Doodling in the margins of my school notebooks, sketching on scraps of paper, pen always in hand as I illustrated notes in history or literature class. I never wanted to leave the occasional art class that I could squeeze into my busy academic schedule. But over time, college, grad school, and a successful professional career took me in a different direction.
After decades helping organizations solve communication problems, I decided it was now time to be brave and return to my first love.
At its core, my work always focused on how language and design work together. But now I see communication in new ways.
Painting is simply another form of communication. Perhaps a more personal one.
My current work explores stillness and reflection. I’m drawn to the quiet corners of life through landscapes, flowers, scenes from foreign cities, people caught unguarded, beloved pets.
I work in acrylics and oils, experimenting with how color and light can preserve small, meaningful moments. What’s hidden in the shadows? What do others overlook?
In this bustling, noisy world, I paint to hold on to peace. Tranquility. Wonder. Awe. Echoes in the silence.
I hope my work invites you to pause, to notice, to feel, and maybe even to remember.
I am a member of the Rockville Art League, Montgomery Art Association, and Friends of the Yellow Barn.
My work is held in private collections in Washington, DC; Maryland; Pennsylvania; Georgia; Arizona; New Jersey; Colorado; Florida; Washington state; Tennessee; Virginia; Illinois; Kansas; Oregon; Missouri; and Toronto, Canada.
To see some of my work in person, visit Mamma Lena’s Trattoria in Germantown, Maryland, where several pieces are on permanent display. Plus, you’ll enjoy a traditional Italian homecooked meal! https://mammalenatrattoria.com/
Selected exhibitions and juried shows 2026 | Exhibitions __________ Fall 2026 Art at the Mill, juried, Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, VA — September-October 2026 Paint the Town Labor Day Art Show, Montgomery Art Association, Kensington Armory, MD — September 2026 Spring Unfolding, juried, Windridge Vineyard, Darnestown, MD — April-June 2026 Spring 2026 Art at the Mill, juried, Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, VA — April 2026 Colors of Spring Exhibition, juried, Center for Plastic Surgery, Bethesda, MD — April-September 2026 Where the Light Falls, juried, Goldman Gallery, Rockville, MD — March 2026 50th Community Art Show & Sale, The Woman's Club of Chevy Chase, MD — March-April 2026 Rockville Art League: Seeing Red, juried, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD —January-February 2026 Mamma Lena Trattoria, Germantown, MD -- paintings on permanent display 2025 | Exhibitions __________ 31st Annual Friends of the Yellow Barn Members Show, juried, December 2025 Rockville Art League: Juried Members' Winter Show, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD — December 2025 -January 2026 The Language of Art; Goldman Art Gallery; Rockville, MD — November -December 2025 Women Artists of the DMV, juried, a major, multi-space curated survey show, Priddy Library at The Universities at Shady Grove (Rockville, MD), September -October 2025 2025 Fall Art at the Mill, juried, Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, VA — September-October 2025 Paint the Town Labor Day Show, Kensington Armory, Kensington, MD — Labor Day weekend 2025 Rockville Art League: Cloud Covers, juried, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD – June-August 2025 Rockville Art League: Juried Members’ Spring Show, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD — May-June, 2025 2025 Spring Art at the Mill, juried, Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, VA — April-May 2025 Color Outside the Lines, juried, Windridge Vineyard, Darnestown, MD — April-June, 2025 49th Community Art Show & Sale, The Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase, Chevy Chase, MD — April 2025 Spring Art Festival at Windridge Vineyard 2025, Darnestown, MD — April 2025 Tell Us a Story, juried, Goldman Art Gallery, Rockville, MD — February-March 2025 Blossoms 2025 Countywide Art Show, juried, Howard County, MD — February-March 2025 Imagine, Winter Art Show, juried, Windridge Vineyards, Darnestown, MD — January-April 2025 Juried Members’ Winter Show, Rockville Art League, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD — December 2024-January 2025 2024 | Exhibitions __________ Autumn Colors and Reflections, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD — October-November, 2024 Local Inspiration, juried, Windridge Vineyards, Darnestown, MD — September-December 2024 Fall 2024 Art at the Mill, juried, Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, Virginia — September-October, 2024 Honorable Mention, Landscape: Paint the Town Labor Day Show, Kensington Armory, Kensington, MD — August 31-September 2, 2024 Nature as the Artist’s Muse, Brookside Garden, Wheaton, MD — July 2024 Small Works Show IX, Friends of the Yellow Barn — May 2024 2024 Spring Art at the Mill, juried, Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, VA — April-May 2024 2023 | Exhibitions __________ The Spirit of Collaboration, partner show with Roger Perez, Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery, Glen Echo Park, Bethesda, MD — May 20-21, 2023 Heart of the Vineyard Spring Show, juried, Windridge Vineyard, Darnestown, MD — April 2023 Spring Art at the Mill, juried, Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, VA — April-May 2023 2022 | Exhibitions __________ 28th Members Annual Show, (juried) Friends of the Yellow Barn, December 2022 Glenview Mansion Exhibition, "Alone, Together." Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD -- October-November 2022 Art at the Mill, juried show at the Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, VA — October 2022 Loudoun Cares 2022 Art Auction, Virtual and Live, Leesburg, VA, October 2022 Small Works Show VII, Live Show at the Yellow Barn Studio — May 2022 Spring Is in the Air, Windridge Spring 2022 Exhibit, Windridge Vineyard, Darnestown, MD -- April-June 2022 Spring 2022 Art at the Mill, juried show at the Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, VA -- April-May 2022 2021 | Exhibitions __________ 27th Members Annual Show, (juried) Friends of the Yellow Barn, December 2021 Loudoun Cares 2021 Art Auction, Virtual and Live, Leesburg, VA, October 2021 Art at the Mill, juried show at the Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, VA — October 2021 Small Works Show VI, Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio — May-June 2021 2020 | Exhibitions __________ Small Works V, Friends of the Yellow Barn, virtual showing, July 2020 Loudoun Cares 2020 Art Auction, Virtual and Live, Leesburg, VA, October 2020