About

Carey Parks-Schwartz is an award-winning painter who has exhibited her work throughout the U.S., and in numerous private and corporate collections.  She received her Masters degree in Painting from San Jose State University, and dual B.A. degrees in Studio Art and Zoology from the University of California at Santa Barbara.  Growing up in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Carey was influenced by urban and coastal themes in her paintings and continued these themes during a post-graduate move to Paris, France.  Today Carey works in her studio with focus on paintings of people in various environments. She is an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac University teaching painting and drawing, and lives with her family in the New York City area.