Carolyn Schlam

Carolyn Schlam is an award-winning painter, sculptor, and author of four published books on art. She has worked in a variety of media, including ink, oil, glass, wood, collage, and mixed media.

Carolyn Schlam’s artwork has been celebrated and collected in many museums, art galleries, and publications, both interiors and covers, and can be found in a number of private and public collections, including The Smithsonian Museum.

Her published books are represented by Susan Schulman Literary Agency and include:

THE CREATIVE PATH: A VIEW FROM THE STUDIO ON THE MAKING OF ART (a book on the creative process for artists), Skyhorse Publishing, 2018, and Tantor Media (audio version)

THE ZEN OF ART: WITH NOTES ON THE ART OF LIFE (discussing the spiritual nature of art and living an artful life), SHANTI ARTS PUBLISHING and MMB MEDIA, 2024 (audio version)

THE JOY OF ART: HOW TO LOOK AT, APPRECIATE, AND TALK ABOUT ART (an introduction to art appreciation from an artist’s lens), Skyhorse Publishing, 2020

MORE JOY OF ART: KEYS TO APPRECIATING ART (sequel to THE JOY OF ART), Skyhorse Publishing, 2025

Carolyn Schlam’s artwork is primarily figurative. Though representational, her artwork strives, if not for verisimilitude of appearance, rather for emotional believability, identification, and compassion, incorporating visual oxymorons, patterning, and embellishment.


www.carolynschlam.com