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Caroline
Esbenshade

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I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the country on which I live and work and their connections to the land. I pay my respects to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Indigenous peoples today.
©2026 Caroline Esbenshade
Caroline 
Esbenshade

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My practice is grounded in painting, which I use to interrogate gender, material culture, and art-historical representation. Subjects span themes and subjects to include still life, portraiture, and genre works.


Study: Mikela 1 (2026), oil paint on canvas, 42x30cm Birthday suit (2024/6), oil paint on canvas, 121x91cm Title (2024), oil on canvas, 91x61cm 5 Meditations (2023), oil paint on canvas, 106x81cm New home, new growth (2023), oil paint on canvas, 91x61cm A love letter n.3 (2022), oil paint on canvas, 40x30cm When love hit me like a wave, Isolation still life n.1 (2020), oil paint on canvas, 61x91.5cm Harmony between (2022), oil paint on canvas, 91x61cm Are you still watching? - after François Boucher (2021), oil paint on canvas, 91.5cmx122cm There’s confirmation in silence [2020], oil on canvas, 107x80cm  Tableau for a tragedy (2019), oil on canvas, 122 x 178cm At the adoration (2018), oil on canvas, 40 x 30cm Mask (2018), oil on canvas, 30x30cm The hanged man (2018), oil on canvas, 60x90cm framed view (2018), oil on canvas, 20x30cm Modern Mermaid - portrait of Sheree Marris (2017), oil paint on canvas, 102x76cm