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Caroline Estelle is a painter based in Phoenix, Arizona. Her uncanny life-size figurative paintings explore the relationship between the body and the beach/pool environment. Estelle earned a BFA in Visual Art with a focus in Drawing & Painting from Penn State University in 2014. She earned her MFA in Studio Art from Arizona State University in 2020. Her works have been exhibited nationally and internationally in places such as New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Quito, Ecuador. Estelle is the recipient of awards such as the Martin Wong Foundation Scholarship, the Gayle J. Novak & Cocke Scholarship, the School of Art Special Talent Scholarship from Arizona State, and the Creative Achievement Award from Penn State.

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View fullsize Earlier this year I decided I needed to de-stress by making something low-pressure, goopy, and experimental. I wanted to see what this whole resin trend was about so I made these fun acrylic sprinkle cakes. Each one is a wooden panel with acrylic pai
View fullsize Throwback to the only time I’ve ever looked this happy while on Zoom when I passed my thesis defense. I now spend ~9 hours a day on Zoom and I definitely never look like this. #zoomfatigue
View fullsize I’m (finally) launching my new online shop very soon with new pieces no one has seen yet👀 To celebrate the launch I’m offering a discount code to anyone who subscribes to my email list at the link in my bio (if you’ve already subsc
View fullsize I just found this picture, and it’s crazy to me to think this was taken this year🤯 Back in January my biggest stress was if I would finish that painting of Cydnei in time for my show. I should’ve been way more concerned about how annoyin
View fullsize I make these small (12in x 9in) gouache paintings because they’re fun and serve as a way to work out my ideas...aka I may have to make a big oil version of this and keep it for myself🙊 Diet Coke, pink, & blue...if you know me, you know💖
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