Rosemaling since her 20s, Carol has taken many classes with Vesterheim Gold Medalists and Norwegian rosemalers. She has taught rosemaling locally through Chestnut Center for the Arts, Wisconsin State Rosemaling Association, Coon Region Rosemalers, and Terrace Hills Rosemalers. Since 2003, she has been the rosemaling instructor for Masse Moro, the Sons of Norway District 5 Youth Heritage camp. Over the years, she has received awards for her rosemaling, including two Best of Shows at the Wisconsin State Rosemaling Association competition. Through the Wisconsin Arts Board Apprenticeship Program, she studied the Gubrandsdal style of rosemaling with Pam Rucinski, Vesterheim Gold Medalist, from 2015-2017. In 2018, she traveled to Norway and Sweden on Vesterheim folk-art tours.

Carol has been awarded two Folk Arts and Cultural Traditions Fellowships through the American Scandinavian Foundation in 2019 and 2023 to study folk art painting in Sweden and Norway. These fellowships were shared jointly with Pam Rucinski. This fellowship deepened her skills as an artist and created connections to museum curators, authors, and folk art painting artists both in Sweden and Norway.

A Residency with Vesterheim in 2023 gave her the opportunity to study Vesterheim’s beautiful chest painted by Sebjorn Kverndalenn of Numedal. Since then, she has done more research on her own and has connected with Even Traen from Numedal who has given her more leads. She can be followed on Facebook and Instagram: Scandinavian folk art painter.