Bio

Born and raised in the suburbs around Los Angeles, Caroline is now currently living and working in Pasadena, California. Her art practice focuses on highlighting the power of pause, and the magic in the mundane. She received her Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Southern California in 2014.

Statement

My recent work is born out of a desire to remind myself to slow down, and not take life so seriously. By allowing for moments of quiet, deep observation in my daily life, I am able to let these small moments enchant me. I began capturing these ephemeral moments of reflection with a quick photo, but knew they needed the richness of paint to bring them alive. My intention with these paintings is to capture the same magical feeling that had moved me, so I could inspire that same emotion in my viewer. These are moments of sanctuary in my life, and I hope that they can bring moments of quiet calmness to my viewers as well.

These scenes portray the in-between moments of life familiar to us all: your lover nestled in the sheets, a disheveled couch in a hotel room, a steaming bowl of oatmeal. Nothing about these scenarios sound extraordinary, but in forcing myself, and my viewer, to contemplate them more deeply, they begin to reveal their power. Even though these are intimate moments plucked from my life, my hope is that my audience feels as though they could be some distant memory of their own, or feel some familiarity in the subjects.