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By Sarah Robinson
Photo by Jeff Hall
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Carrie and Michelle Boerio share a bond beyond blood
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here’s no bond like that of a mother and her daughter. Still, for Michelle and Carrie Boerio, that connection goes even deeper. The Boerios are artists. Daughter Michelle, a graduate of The Ohio State University, paints with thick and heavy brushstrokes, weaving in pieces of found objects to create masterful collages rich with color and full of hidden meaning. Carrie, a self-taught artist, dabbles in watercolors, acrylics and oils to explore
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color and nature with joyful sweeps of her paintbrush. Though their styles are wholly unique to themselves, the Boerios’ artistic journeys have been intertwined since the beginning. Carrie was involved in art classes as a child when she was growing up in Pittsburgh, but as she grew older, other priorities such as academics and sports took precedence. She pursued communications in college and worked for nonprofit organizations. It wasn’t until her daughter,
Michelle, began taking courses at Columbus College of Art and Design that Carrie found her way back to art. “I got back into art because Michelle liked it so much as a kid,” Carrie says. “When I would drive her down to CCAD, they had these adult classes. So, I’d take her to class, drop her off and go to my class.” After Michelle graduated from OSU with a fine arts degree, she pursued a master’s degree and began teaching at the Co11
