Carolyn Prescott explores the imaginative space between perception and conception, treating painting not as an act of literal representation, but as a deeply sensual and philosophical medium. With a diverse background that spans time in North Carolina, Austin, Texas, and Berlin, Germany, Prescott—who holds an MFA from Bard College—views the canvas as an open field of play where image and language dance. Her extensive, varied portfolio ranges from deeply political commentary, such as her Latin American retablo-inspired Overthrow series, to phenomenological studies on co-inhabitance in Plurality, all the way to intricate, gouache-on-paper reinterpretations of traditional Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Guided by personal maxims like "brush as touch" and "light as sight," her works eschew simple realism to capture memory, human connection, and the unexpected, poetic rhythms of daily life.