I've always been drawn to detail and it's been the realist painters who have been the source of my inspiration, from the Dutch Masters to contemporary realist painters such as Stone Roberts, Scott Pryor, & Scott Fraser. Though I prefer not to label myself a Still Life painter, still lives figure predominantly in my work.

I work from a studio in my house selecting objects of personal interest. I try to create a narrative from the chosen objects that will elevate and give new meaning to their ordinariness. Symbolism plays strongly in my work. My paintings are the result of combining photographic references, direct observation, and imagination. I strive to create a sense of mystery or humor from seemingly disparate objects. Inanimate objects sometimes take on an anthropomorphic quality. Often there’s an implicit smirk or wink I'm trying to convey to my audience.

I was raised in the Adirondacks of Upstate New York where my family helped nurture a keen appreciation for nature. As a child, drawing seemed as natural and necessary as breathing. Hopefully I will continue to do both for a long time to come.

I studied under Robert Sullins and received my B.A. in studio art from S.U.N.Y. at Oswego and am a member of Gallery Antonia in Chatham, MA, Gallery Twist in Lexington, MA, and the Stewart Clifford Gallery in Provincetown, MA. I'm a Master member of the Copley Society of Art, The International Guild of Realism, The National Oil and Acrylic Painter's Society, Oil Painters of America, American Artists Professional League, the Jamaica Plain Art Association, and the Newton Art Association.

Sisterhood is a longtime artistic dream of Carol’s that has now come true. Towards the end of her daughter’s pregnancy six years ago, Carol was inspired to make a plaster belly cast of her daughter’s amazingly beautiful, life-giving body. Since her daughter was overdue by almost two weeks, creating the belly cast was a fun and necessary distraction. Over time Carol readied the form for mosaics and created Bloodline. While working on Bloodline, Carol envisioned a sisterhood of three pregnant women, each expressing the awesome feelings that often overwhelm women when they are pregnant and growing a new life inside of their ever-changing bodies. This tryptic of women: Bloodline, Fire Belly, and Earth Mother, is a realization of a mosaic sculpture that Carol is grateful and proud to share.

Carol’s artistic team included Jason Cheeseman-Meyer who designed and drew the silhouettes, and Jeff Olsen who cut them out, painted, and engineered them to hold hands on their triangular support stand.

Carol Krentzman has been creating public art for many years with a focus on stained glass and mosaics. Carol uses a variety of tiles, individually made fused glass tiles, clay elements, a nd other materials when fabricating her indoor and outdoor mosaics.