Recent Works

Please see captions below each image for a description. The large mural of the tree was commissioned by the Superintendent of the Juvenile Detention Center and is located within the detention facility. The Superintendent asked me to paint a wall of inspiration for the youth. This mural is entitled, “The Wisdom Tree,” with words written throughout its branches and roots. The words within the roots, written by Martin Luther King, have always been an inspiration to me: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only Light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only Love can do that." The poem on the wall next to the mural is one that came to me as I painted.

1. Indianapolis Museum of Art 100 Acres Art & Nature Park. Under direction of Tharp-Perrin, Rhythms of Life music and dance interactive performance with the sculpture, "Free Basket" by Los Carpinteros (Cuban). 2010
2. 100 Acres Art & Nature Park. Under direction of Tharp-Perrin, Rhythms of Life music and dance interactive performance with "Park of the Laments," landscape sculptural installation by Alfredo Jaar (Chilean), a place for lamentation and purging global atrocities of 20th - 21st centuries. (Tharp-Perrin left) 2010
3. Rhythms of Life NCAA Final Four Performance in front of Convention Center. Carol Tharp-Perrin, director and dancer. 2008
4. "Gandhi." People, Paint & Percussion performance painting by Carol Tharp-Perrin, acrylic on canvas 4 ft. x 4 ft., 2008

5. Close-up of Tharp-Perrin mural "Wisdom Tree," commissioned by the Superintendent of the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center to create a wall of inspiration. 33 x 9.5 ft, acrylic on concrete block. 2010
6. "Wisdom Tree" mural. Panorama of entire mural wall including doors of decisions and pathways taken. 33 x 9.5 ft, acrylic on concrete block. 2010

7. "Wisdom Tree" mural poem. 16 x 9.5 ft, acrylic on concrete block. 2010
8. "Wisdom Tree" mural in the context of space used. 2010
9. "Wisdom Tree" mural, right detail. 2010
10. "Wisdom Tree" mural, left detail. 2010