ABOUT THE ARTIST

Caroline Reehl grew up in the quaint town of Fairhope, AL. She graduated from the University of Mississippi earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in ceramics. Reehl has also studied painting in Florence, Italy as well as spending a summer studying in Innsbruck, Austria. Living in the Mountain Brook area of Birmingham, AL, she is a full time potter.

Reehl’s work has a very feminine quality that is as luxuriant, untamed, and vivid as the Southern Women she has grown up around.

STATEMENT

Southern women epitomize hospitality, cultivation of splendor, and are as luxuriant as the rich traditions that surround them. I use roses and lilies among my work as a metaphor for these women. The stages of the flowers on each piece are at the peak of the bloom and represent internal strength and external beauty. Many of the colors that I choose for my pieces are subtle, giving each petal room to shine.