Introduction

Photograph of painter Caroline Carney center in the photo. Sand and waves at sunset are slightly out of focus behind her.

I am an oil painter working between Provincetown and New York. My work often juxtaposes organic elements with the built environment, a focus emerging from my interest in unexpected intersections of the human-made with forces of sunlight, plants and animals, weather, and oceans. I am interested in unexpected beauties, of dead salmon on a tray in an industrial kitchen, or sunlight reflecting on an aluminum street vendor's cart, or flowers casting a shadow on a fence or road. I view my paintings as open missives, sharing what I have witnessed and find delightful or remarkable in some way.

I started painting in earnest in 2016 and studied in continuing education classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 2016-2019. I participated in the 2017-2018 Land Arts of the American West program at Texas Tech University, a transdisciplinary field program focusing on the intersection of human construction and the evolving nature of our planet. In 2020 I moved to Provincetown to further pursue painting and was a studio artist in residence at the
Provincetown Commons from 2021-2024.

For more on a recent show and my work, check out this article in the Provincetown Independent!

Photo of painter Caroline Carney, right-center, in front of an installation of her oil paintings at the Provincetown Commons in April 2023.
Photo of painter Caroline Carney in front of an installation of her oil paintings at AMZehnder Gallery in Wellfleet, MA in June 2025

Exhibitions 

2025

Small Works Group Show, AMZehnder Gallery, Wellfleet MA

On the Edge, Provincetown Arts Society, Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown MA

Lisa Farnsworth & Caroline Carney, Gallery 444, Provincetown MA

Brett Gamache, Caroline Carney, Amanda Case Millis, AMZehnder Gallery, Wellfleet MA

2024

Salon/Salon Small Works Group Show, AMZehnder Gallery, Wellfleet MA

Memories of the Sea, Zone7a Gallery and Books, Provincetown MA (2-person)

Caroline Carney and James Ryan, Four Eleven Gallery, Provincetown MA (2-person)

Viriditas Group Show, Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles CA

2023

Trio: Carney, Farnsworth and Smith, Four Eleven Gallery, Provincetown MA

Party Line, The Provincetown Commons, Provincetown MA

2022

Surroundings/Maritime Sunburst, The Provincetown Commons, Provincetown MA (2-person)

Duet: Recent Work, Four Eleven Gallery, Provincetown MA (2-person)

2021

PAAM Member's 12x12 Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA

Surf & Turf, The Provincetown Commons, Provincetown MA

2020

Cerulean Arts' 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2019

CE Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA, (Honorable Mention)