Carolyn Mae Lassiter has lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico since 1982 with her husband, Edmond Rabkin and their daughter Lara. Carolyn’s art is representative of her soulful and thoughtful self expression. Carolyn engaged in a rich and diverse informal education that life’s experiences offer. Her early years were spent in Ahoskie, North Carolina and at thirteen years old Carolyn and her family moved to Queens, New York. After meeting her husband in New York, Carolyn and Edmond traveled to Mexico. It was while living in Mexico that she was drawn to art as an expression of herself. Her early work consisted of drawings using black ink on paper which evolved into paintings using mixed media (acrylic, oil, decoupage, wax, fabrics, paper maché), never afraid to experiment with new materials, she also began to build sculptures using found objects, the majority of these “life size” goddesses dwell outdoors.

When looking at Carolyn’s work, female energy is an obvious theme, and she will often mention the fact that she was one of four sisters and that she has a daughter so “she likes her girls”, in addition, dreams, spirituality, life in the country, family, and animals, are incorporated in her imagery. Using bold saturated color, or ink with muted watercolor accents, or adding relief incorporating her sculpture into her paintings, even as the mediums change, evolve and combine, the core spirit of Carolyn Mae Lassiter’s art is unmistakably hers and undeniably her.

She has shown her critically acclaimed work with the Santa Fe Society of Artists, and has shown at the College of Santa Fe and El Zocalo in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Southwestern Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bill Hodges Gallery, Danny Simmons Corridor Gallery, Luise Ross Gallery and Puck Show in New York, New York, Barbara Archer Gallery, High Museum and Aliya Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, a one person show in the Fall of 2009, in a group show at the State Capitol Building in Santa Fe, New Mexico during the Spring/Summer of 2010 and 2012. Most recently at the University of Massachusetts - Augusta Savage Gallery and The Intersections Group show at Vital Spaces Santa Fe,NM Summer 2021. She shows her work by appointment only from her home studio in Santa Fe.