About Caroline Therese

Caroline Therese working in her studio on mixed-media egret paintings, surrounded by artwork and materials.



 



I’ve always been drawn to the natural world — wildlife, dense foliage, the arc of an egret’s neck as it takes flight.

My grandmother, Mary Boudreaux, is an artist in the fullest sense — a painter, award-winning carver, and more. I spent my childhood at her side, brush in hand and eager to learn. Nature was her subject. She spent decades documenting it, capturing thousands of photographs of south Louisiana’s landscapes and wildlife.

Photo: Mary & Caroline at Mary's art show | 2003

Much of life now happens at a screen, including parts of my process. I use photography and digital sketching to work out composition and color before touching canvas. But painting is how I return to the physical. A banana tree at scale, a bird in stillness, foliage that fills a room — bringing the outside world into the spaces we live in.

My background in graphic design shapes how I approach composition, color, and repetition. I work in layers — paint, torn paper, collage, charcoal — building surfaces and scraping back to reveal what's underneath. Every layer matters, even when it disappears beneath the next. Up close, you see all of the parts — smudged pastel, charcoal dust, drips, layers of paint at different opacities. From across the room, it comes together as a whole.

I live and work from my home studio in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

My work is held in private collections nationwide and has been placed through collaborations with Ty Larkins Interiors, Jeannine Jacob Interiors, Whitney Bouterie Interiors, and Ann Connelly Fine Art.

My work has been featured in publications including inRegister and Point of Vue. View the Press page here.