About

Hi I'm Cara, welcome to my shop. This is my story.

 

I am a full-time artist living with my family in the coastal town of Pacifica, California- just south of San Francisco. I am happiest when I am creating something. I adore sketching and painting on location, capturing the fleeting beauty of a time and place and the essence of memory. When I am creating I’m more aware of my surroundings, not merely relying on a lens to capture my feeling. I am truly engaged with what my eyes are seeing, my senses are broader as I examine the scene before me imprinting sight, sounds, and sent into my mind as I create. 

My creative journey began with a single question. “Where are you going to art school?” This wasn’t a thought that had ever crossed my mind, but the question planted a seed—A seed that would grow into a field of future creative endeavors. It started when I earned a BFA in Illustration and Art Education from the College of Creative Studies in Detroit then, studying in Florence, Italy at SACI and years later; earning a Masters degree in Visual Development in San Francisco. 

I've always felt alive and engaged in my own creative journey—no matter the twists and turns it has taken, and it has taken many. I’ve worked at an art college, for Williams-Sonoma Home and Pottery Barn Kids & Pottery Barn Teen as a textile designer, and most recently passed ten years working for myself creating inspired products for the home. I am currently exploring my fine art roots with more original artwork and pieces.

We populate our lives and homes with objects we are drawn to because of their functionality but also because of their design, beauty and the hidden stories such they tell us. I've transformed my passion for storytelling and applied it to illustration and pattern design—bringing objects to life that feel as though they’ve arrived, from a far-off whimsical land.

I’ll always be grateful for the serendipitous question I was asked in high school—for the way it set me on the path to becoming an artist, and for how it inspires me on my journey even today.

I continue to work as a fulltime artist and illustrator. I love envisioning how everyday items will be used in people's lives and finding ways to infuse them with elements of storytelling— My goal is to create work that sparks joy, whether it’s through a product or a piece of art.

—Cara