Caroline Royall Studio
Abstract Artist
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Caroline Royall is an abstract artist working in oil and acrylic whose paintings draw on personal experience, memory, and a deep engagement with the act of making. A self-taught painter with a background as a professional Translator-Interpreter, she approaches the canvas as a space of visual dialogue — building up and stripping back layers with a palette knife, allowing the history of each work to remain visible in the finished piece. Her portfolio spans landscapes, still lives and interiors, with pieces exhibited in group shows across San Antonio and southern Texas. Trained through workshops at the Southwest School of Art, the San Antonio Art League and Museum, and private instruction, among others, Royall brings both rigorous study and intuitive exploration to her practice. Her work invites viewers to pause, engage, and feel.
TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2026
MOMA / Coursera — Post-War Abstract Painting Online Class
2020
San Antonio Art League and Museum, Semmes Studio — "Inspired Abstraction" Workshop with Marguerite Moreau McCarthy
2020
San Antonio Art League and Museum — "Non-Objective Painting" Workshop with Lyn Belisle
2019
New York Foundation for the Arts — Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, Mentor: Kim Bishop
2019
Color Theory and Studio Workshops with Roberta Buckles
2018-present
Ongoing Collaborative Critique Group
2015-2018
Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX — Studio Art, Landscape Painting, and Intensified Abstraction (with Jeannette McDougall, Sylvia Benitez, and Chris Sauter)
2014
Private Painting Classes with Seth Camm
2013
"Cypress Studio" Art Class with Laurence Karasek, Lakehills, TX — Drawing, Composition & Perspective