Carol D’Arcy has painted since childhood, and has sold both nationally and internationally. "I am fascinated with the complexity of painting, even in it's most simple expression". Initially inspired by Turner and the Impressionists and later by contemporary artists David Leffel, Richard Schmidt, Jeremy Lipkin and John Wilson, Carol’s work explores landscape, figure and dreams. The mother of two beautiful children, and co-director of the Gold Coast Gestalt Centre, she states she is incapable of not painting. "Painting is, my meditation, I go where it takes me”.