Kia
ora, hello, my name is Carole Stevens Bibisi. I was born and raised in
Invercargill, the southernmost city in the beautiful South Island of New
Zealand, and many years later, I moved to Australia. The Bibisi name was added
in 2002 when I moved to America in 2002 to marry my sweetheart!
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| Metamorphosis |
I
trained in Art College in New Zealand, studying Lettering, Illustration, and
Design. Over
the years I have gained a wealth of artistic experience, having earned my
living working for major advertising agencies, newspapers and a chain of
fashion stores as their advertising and display manager.I especially enjoyed
creating fashion drawings for newspapers and window display art.
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| Earth Angel |
My
primary source of design, passion, and inspiration comes from animals and nature,
and my deep yearning to manifest God's harmonic spirit of unconditional love
and beauty, as it lives in me, and works through me in perfect harmony. Yes!
The human and divine duality that occurs when our combined energy blends
together in a lush palette of intoxicating rainbow colors, as we joyfully
become co-creators of healing and peace on earth!
My
art illustrations are inspired by not only my love for animals but also
rainbows and stained glass windows. My art chose me to give life to mandalas,
mermaids, angels, goddesses, and cats. The love of vibrant rainbow colors shows
in everything I create. My medium is Prismacolor pencils, paints and markers.
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| Sad Mermaid |
As a
mother of three grown children and a grandmother of five, I became inspired to
write children's books. My first book Tails
of American Bronte was published in 2007. There's a load of black cat magic
in this delightful 'Tail' of adoption. My sweetheart of a darling black cat,
Miss Bronte, who has tons of cattitude, was my muse. In 2017 Miss American Bronte
joined her pals over at Rainbow's Edge.
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| Flowers and Friends |
Kids
give Bronte 4 Paws Up, and a percentage of books sold helps support animal
rescue. I enjoy book signing events and am an outspoken advocate for promoting
lucky black cat adoptions. My second book in the American Bronte series is, Bronte's Alphabet. Another book I
created, The Rainbow's Dream and Song,
is a colorful story of life's lessons learned from the Rainbow.
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| Carole's Books |
I am
an accomplished musician; a singer, teacher and pianist, who graduated to the
highest level in theory of Music and Pianoforte, passing final examinations
with Merit and Honors, through London's Trinity and Royal Schools of Music.
After moving to Australia to further my musical career, I enjoyed sharing my
love of music by becoming a singing teacher and tutoring vocal workshops. My
own album, a CD entitled Sophisticated
Lady was recorded in Australia. Sophisticated
Lady features a repertoire of jazz standards, soulful ballads, and songs
from the musicals I have performed in with Duo's, Trios, larger bands and
orchestras around New Zealand, Australia, and locally in Sarasota and Bradenton,
Florida. One notable highlight was being chosen to sing with an American Choral
group at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The CD and books are all featured on
my website
should you possess a little black cat curiosity!
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| Lucky Black Cats |
"It's
our choice to live in the bright rainbow of our hopes, and not the dark clouds
of our fears." May you be a loving contributor through art and music, to
world peace, joy and healing.
This
is week 39 of Artists Tell
Their Stories. Thank you for reading and sharing Carole’s story today. To
connect with Carole, please visit the following links:
Do you have any songs I can hear cos I know you sing beautifully
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