Carolina Isabel Lauver Amat (CILA) is an artist best known for her paintings inspired by memories of her life in Venezuela and Spain, as well as her experiences living in other countries.  After studying architecture, working in finance, and being a stay-at-home mother, she began to formally study art at the Glassell School of Art in Houston, Texas, and at Montana State University in Billings, Montana.

Her first series, Sailing in My Memories, explores the fluid nature of memory. Working with acrylic on wood panels and canvas, Carolina creates vivid, realistic imagery layered with successive applications of paint, merging elements of reality and surrealism. This process enables her to manipulate the strength of her memories- some appearing stronger, others more subtle- to create the desired impression of more or less vivid recollections.  She pours her spirit into each piece and often incorporates the color blue, which represents the spiritual connection she feels from living near the Caribbean coast. 

In some of her work, Carolina’s architectural background becomes evident through the use of solid shapes, lines, and geometric forms combined with acrylic marks and pencils. She integrates realistic urban scenes with fictional elements, resulting in her signature abstract cityscape style.  

Carolina has participated in exhibition in Houston, Texas, including The Big Show at Lawndale Art & Performance Center and an exhibitions at the Holocaust Museum Houston. She has also been selected in multiple juried and student exhibitions in Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and in Montana State University in Billings, Montana, where she received awards including Best of the Show and  two Honorable Mentions.