Carla D'aguanno Fine Art Studios

Biography 

In her hometown of North Providence, R.I., Carla D’aguanno realized she was meant to be an artist at a very young age. She recalls her high school teachers commissioning her to paint their children and grandchildren in high school. After graduating from Otis/Parsons School of Design with a BFA in 1986, she began her career as a movie poster artist, illustrating posters for B movie King, Roger Corman and for other movie advertisement companies in Los Angeles. In 1988 she returned to her native New England town and began illustrating young adult and romance covers for New York publishing companies including Bantam, Doubleday, Pocket Books and Harper Collins.

In 1992 Carla D’aguanno married and soon realized that she needed to paint from the heart and the subjects of her affection. Thus, she turned to fine art and began painting children,animals, and Western genre. Her love for horses is also evident in her paintings. She claims her greatest challenge is bringing the beauty of her subjects to life on a canvas. Her greatest source of inspiration comes from her faith in God who has given her the skill and ambition to paint since childhood. It’s the interaction between children and animals that this artist finds compelling. She feels the need to capture the innocence and beauty of her subjects to glorify the Creator , who in her opinion is the greatest artist who ever lived.

Among her list of awards is the 2001 1st Place Gallery Choice Award from Art Trends magazine and the 2nd Place People’s Choice Award at the Florida Invitational in 2003. In 2006, Venice based publisher, Mill Pond Press began publishing Carla’s work in giclees on canvas. Also, several of her images are now being licensed on puzzles, greeting cards, prints, calendars and other products being sold in the U.S. and Europe. She is currently represented by Gallery One in Ohio and B & R Gallery in California. Her originals appear in several private collections and a museum in Texas. Carla’s most recent achievement was becoming the recipient of the John Steven Jones Purchase Award at the 21st Bosque Conservatory Art Classic. The juried show was judged by acclaimed artist, Martin Grelle and her piece entitled ‘Sabino Gold’ won the coveted top award in the show and is now part of the Bosque Conservatory’s private collection.

In 2007, D’aguanno became a member of the Women Artists of the West (WAOW), and looks forward to her future involvement with this organization. In November 2007 Carla’s work was on display at the Hilligoss Gallery in Chicago in the Women Artists Of The West East Meets West Show. Nancy Guzic was the judge of this prestigious show and awarded Ms. D’aguanno’s ‘Keeper Of The Flock’ painting third place . She also received the Horses In Art magazine’s Advertising and Editorial Award for ‘Back From The Dusty Trail’.

In 2008 Carla's work appeared in Saks Gallery, Colorado and the Fredericksburg Art Gallery in Texas.  She is now represented by the Fredericksburg Art Gallery.  In 2010, she looks forward to broadening her territory and participating in noteworthy venues such as the CM Russell Art Auction, Montana, Quest For The West, Indianappolis, and Oil Painters of America at The Legacy Gallery,Wyoming.   In November of this year she will be showing her work at the Mountain Oyster Club in Arizona.  Collectors, take notice, for this is an artist to watch.