Carolyn Utigard Thomas is a contemporary artist working primarily in watercolor. Her paintings are adventures of the spirit and landscapes of the mind. Carolyn was born in Chicago, grew up in St. Paul and Indianapolis and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Cincinnati, with Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Science in Education degrees. Her varied career has taken her from designing for Hallmark in Kansas City, to working for Astroworld in Houston, designing and painting everything from posters and murals to stage sets. Carolyn then had a commercial art business, creating logos, advertising illustrations, and wall graphics. In 1978, she began painting full-time in watercolors. She has won many awards for her work which is displayed in public and private collections throughout the world. In most of her work, one is led into the painting by soft colors overlaid by geometric veils. A dreamy feeling of fluctuating space is created. Whatever subject she explores, Carolyn attributes much of her inspiration to feelings obtained during meditation, which she has practiced for many years. Physical and spiritual worlds unite in her art of poetry and vision.