Carla Royal

BIO

Carla Royal, an internationally collected and recognized fine art photographer, started her career as a psychotherapist. Her innate and honed ability to witness, to see another deeply, endeared her to her clients. It was this same ability that drove her passion for photography, eventually leading her to become a full-time artist working in the field of digital photography. Her interest in photography springs from a connection and love of nature and a desire for people and the earth to heal.

STATEMENT

In our demanding and fast-paced culture, many of us have lost a deep connection to the land, to each other, and even to our own souls. We suffer as a result. Our relationships suffer. The earth suffers. Nature gently leads us back to attention, connection, and a sense of place where restoration and inspiration can arise.

My art is inspired by a love of nature. I am a wanderer of woods, field, and water, in love with tree, fern, dropped blossom, reflecting puddle, donkey ears, and riverboats. I love the clouded sky through tangled branches and light dancing off ocean waves. These sustain and inspire me. My hope is that through my art people will be inspired to reconnect with themselves and nature, opening to reconciliati...

Education: M.Ed., University of South Carolina, BA, Covenant College

Professional Affiliation: Serenbe Artist in Residence Board of Directors, 2014 - 2017

GALLERIES

Atlanta Photography Group and Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2016-present

Dogwood Gallery, Tyrone, GA 2016-present

Bowery Art Gallery & Studio, Apalachicola, FL, 2016-present

Amblewood Gallery, renamed to Chatt Hills Gallery, Chattahoochee Hills, GA, 2015-2017, Founder/Director

Greg Newington Gallery, Chattahoochee Hills, GA, 2015

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS

2016

October-December, Small Towns & Rural Places, 1650 Gallery & Studio, Los Angeles, CA

September-November, Atrium Gallery, The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Beth Lily and David Vogt

September, Slow Exposures 2016, Slow Exposures, Pike County, GA, Jurors David Carol and Eliot Dudik

August-September, Habitat, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, Juror Julie Blackmon

July-December, Fishing for Iconography II, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, Juror Amanda Smith and Kevin Tully

July-August, Alphabet, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, Juror Carol Golemboski

April, Abandoned Landscapes, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC, Juror Laura Campbell

Spring 2016 issue Gadsden Style

February-March, Moments, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, Juror Russ Rowland

Spring 2016 issue Compose: A Journal of Simply...