CAROL CALABRO
  • Beeswax Crayon Art
  • Illustration - Crayon/Colored Pencil
  • Client List
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  • ILLUSTRATION - Adobe Fresco
  • ILLUSTRATION - Gouache
  • ILLUSTRATION - Line and Inkwash

THE INSIDE STORY

​Since 1986 I have
​had the pleasure of being an illustrator. Editorial and poster illustration brought me to especially appreciate the depth of storytelling that can happen within a single piece of art. 

The years pass and
I am increasingly thankful for my time at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston where I earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree completing studies in illustration, graphic design, printmaking, and painting. 
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Still Life Self Portrait • Colored Pencil

Fresh out of college when digital print was not yet available, and full color art reproduction was quite costly, most of my first clients wanted black and white illustrations to keep within a budget. I pushed the limits of black to get as full a range of shades of gray as possible using pen and ink.
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Woman and Child • Pen and Ink

For full color illustration I chose gouache, another water based medium but with a very flat, rich, opaque quality. 
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The Painter • Gouache

While experimenting with textures I began working in colored pencil. Soon after came another exploration... with my children's beeswax crayon blocks creating a broad expressive method of putting down swaths of color.
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Environmentalism • Colored Pencil and Crayon

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Hummingbird Joy • Colored Pencil with Crayon

I quickly discovered the joy of working with and pushing the limits of the beeswax crayons. Visual art  as a storytelling medium can be such a wonderful world within a world. Offering healing and beauty in the journey and the destination.
Much the way musicians "play", I choose to play at my work.
I'd love to help you play out your next project and am looking forward to hearing from you.

Carol
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Tufted Titmouse on a Red Bowed Bough • Beeswax Crayon​


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Commencement • Beeswax Crayon

​​CLIENT LIST
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Aim Quarterly
Amesbury Playground Committee
Anything Alphabet
Arlington Food Co-op/ Applevine
The Boston Globe
Bioquatic Supply Corporation
Boston Parents’ Paper
Boston Running News
Bread of Life Whole Foods Market
Cairn Hill, Inc
Catherine Qull, D.ay
Computer Repair MD
Conservation Law Foundation
Coughlin Cleaning Services
Cuvilly Arts & Earth Center
Dartnell’s Cambridge Associates
Daughters of St Paul Books & Media
D.G. Communications
Diet Workshops, Inc.
Divinity Spendorglo
Dog ‘n Cat Dicals
East West Journal
ExtraLesson.us
Family Home Builders
Free to Be a Kid
French for Kids
Gleanings/J.MacKay
Green Canteen
GTS Publishing
Holistic Turning Point
Home Solutions
Homespun 
Janet Levitan, MD
Journal of Women’s Ministries
Lance Corporation
Life Skills Education
Longy School of Music
Mass Bay Community College
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Mercury Massage
Merrimack Repertory Theatre
National School Age Care Alliance
New England Business Magazine
Northeast Sustainable Energy Assoc.
Nutrition Plus Vending
O2 for Life

OEA Office of Ethnic Apotolate
Pat Nekola Books
R. Stilla Color Cuts
Resource Presentaions/N.Hochberg

Restoration Services
Running News
Santa’s News/IGA Golf News
Screen Scenes
Shortell Landscaping
Small Planet Commmunications
St. Agnes School
St Florence Parish
Shaker Cats - Brian Maguire Photography
TeleType Graphics, Inc
Cable Publications, Inc.
Union of Concerned Scientists
Waldorf School Lexington
Whole Foods Market
Wisdom Magazine
Women’s Horticultural Network

The bulk of my work comes through word-of-mouth and sourcebooks.
My illustration has been featured in 
Art Business News October 2000, 1990 Worksource, American Showcase 19, and Directory of Illustration No.28. 

Thank you to  the many art directors, businesses and publishers I have had the good fortune to collaborate with over the years.
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Lady Bug Outing • Pen and Ink


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  • Beeswax Crayon Art
  • Illustration - Crayon/Colored Pencil
  • Client List
  • Contact
  • About
  • ILLUSTRATION - Adobe Fresco
  • ILLUSTRATION - Gouache
  • ILLUSTRATION - Line and Inkwash