After graduating from Stony Brook University, NY with honors and a dual degree in Studio Fine Arts and Art History and attending the University of Siena in Siena, Italy, I had the opportunity to see the world! Since visiting various countries and experiencing many diverse cultures in Spain, Morocco, Haiti, France, Portugal, England, and Ireland, I have embraced a global view of people, plants, and the importance of preserving our environment. 

My goal when creating my artwork is to show you what is right under your own feet that you may have never looked at in nature. A personal moment of mindful reflection for you to; “stop and smell the roses,” and bathe in the beauty of nature that surrounds us each and every day. My travels around the globe have fostered and curated this mission to educate those about our world's diverse natural environment, to move toward our collective responsibility and engagement with others through my artwork, and to promote a more sustainable future for all!

Artist Statement

My botanical illustrations, nature photography, and instructive lessons serve you with an opportunity to personally engage with all communities and admire, as well as treasure the diversity of our natural world. The art I create exemplifies the crucial value of biodiversity in order to preserve and sustain the environment for all life.  My goal is to heighten your personal appreciation, applications, and awareness of the ways we can combat the constant threats and challenges to the survival of plants on this planet for our own collective future. I hope to inspire others by crafting engaging opportunities to appreciate the value of sustainability and to take pride in empowering, preserving, and respecting the biodiverse life on earth.

Artist Biography

Carol Rudowsky is a multidisciplinary artist whose illustration repertoire spans the field of graphic arts, botanical, scientific, and medical illustration. She creates artwork in a variety of mediums such as watercolors, colored pencils, carbon dust, graphite, pen & ink, and nature photography. Carol enjoys being an entrepreneur and educator, whose passion emphasizes and promotes the significance of diversity in all life. Embracing diversity has been the hallmark of her career and creates a platform to share new perspectives and unique ideas, which empowers communities.  It results in fostering creative solutions and exciting possibilities for a brighter future for generations to come.

Carol‘s creative artistic ability, and holistic and inclusive approach to creating artwork, propels her desire to share what she knows with others which are imbued in her brightly colorful personality.  All this compliments her mission of being a source of personal positivity for all. From her home-kitchen baking business called,  “Brownies and Blondies”, to her curated educational study plans for neurodivergent students with learning disabilities, she encompasses all and many into her sphere of life. In order to further connect with students, she created an accessible strategy for students with diverse learning challenges to develop more effective and efficient means to learn and study to improve their own personal successes in meeting today’s demands and academic challenges. Her unique program, “S.O.S for Student Success”, (an acronym for: “Student Organizational Skills”)  has helped many students to develop confidence in their learning styles and abilities in meeting today’s challenges.