Carol Patricia Paquet is a multi-disciplinary artist who reimagines traditional landscape and still life through a contemporary lens. Paquet was born in South Africa and is currently based in rural central California. Her work is deeply informed by her transient life across multiple continents and explores themes of presence, absence, and displacement.
Paquet’s formal artistic foundation includes studying printmaking with acclaimed South African master William Kentridge. This mentorship is reflected in her bold graphic sensibility and her innovative physical-digital process. Bridging digital collage, photography, and plein air research, Paquet disperses photomontage into a compelling visual matrix where screen-like digital ephemera and lush, tactile passages of paint collide.
Her current practice is anchored by the natural environment surrounding her California studio, particularly the adjacent Willow Pond. Here, she documents the seasonal transformations of plant life - capturing cycles of decay, decomposition, growth, and renewal as metaphors for both strangeness and homecoming.
Paquet’s work has been exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions. Notable venues include the Monterey Museum of Art (CA), the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (CA), the Ridley-Tree Museum of Art (CA), the Anne Foxworthy Gallery (CA), the Founders Hall Art Gallery at Soka University (CA), and Galerie im Hafen Rummelsburg in Berlin, Germany.
