Carol Loethen
Owner/Loethen Design
1100 Fort Pickens Road C16
Pensacola Beach, Florida 32561
850-450-1551
LoethenDesign.net
LoethenDesign [!at] gmail.com

BIO:
Coming from a small town, Bunkie, Louisiana where as a child every day after school she would have fun making ceramics. Over her elementary school years she achieved many awards for her ceramic designs. Carol was always told in school how good her art was but felt it should be a hobby and not a career. Therefore, when she attended college she chose Fine Art as a Minor. She worked for many years in retail, bookkeeping, and accounting. At the same time perusing her passion in many art forms as painting, woodworking, polymer clay, and jewelry design.

Later in life she went back to college and graduated with a degree in Graphic Design. Having this degree has enhanced her skills as an artist. Carol has her own business, Loethen Design, where she specializes in acrylics, watercolor, mixed media, and collage..

Carol now lives in Pensacola Beach, Florida with her husband, David, who is also a photographer and artist. Her work has been published in magazines and has been exhibited in juried art shows.

My work is or has been displayed or sold in the following places:
Blue Morning Gallery
Palafox Market
Nobis NLAPW Book (selling on Amazon)
Nobis Exhibition
Pensational Exhibition
Artel Gallery
Po10tial Magazine
Power of Photography Show (POP)
Splash Magazine
Bella Magazine
Pensacola Museum of Art
Vivian's Loft
Coastal Lifestyle Magazine
La Bona International Boutique
Geronimo’s Outpost
Native Cafe
WEAR TV
On The Coast Magazine
Follies & Art Exhibition
Art Student Honors Exhibition
Celebrating Brownsville Festival and many other festivals and shows

I am or have been member of:
Blue Morning Gallery-2017 -2019 Board Member
NLAPW-2017 -2019 lard Member/Treasurer
National & Local League of American Pen Women- 2016 Events Coordinator
Wide Angle Photo Club-2016 At Large-Board Member, Facebook Manger/Group Page, 2015 Monthly Newsletter
Artel Gallery-member
First City Art Center
Emerald Coast Bead Society
Florida Society of Gold Smiths

ARTIST STATEMENT
I moved to Florida in 2003 and it was then that I started selling my jewelry designs. When I lost a husband in 2004 this passion helped me through that dark time. I decided to go back to school and pursue my passion and love of art as a career.
I graduated from Pensacola State College with a GPA of 3.85 and degree in Graphic Design. I believe having this degree has enhanced my skills as an artist. I also have taken several commercial photography classes. This is where I found out I also love fashion photography. Since then everywhere I go my camera comes with me.
Art is definitely my love and passion and thus I am always challenging myself with new creative possibilities. I have my own Business,” Loethen Design”. My jewelry has sold from small boutiques to all over the world, and has been published in several magazines. My designs have my own signature style and are an expression of me. I hope you can see the love and passion that goes into each piece of art I design.
In 2016 I went back to my roots. I now paint using acrylics, watercolors, mixed media, and collage.