Caroline Ellis is a Dallas native, lifetime artist, basketball fan, shoe enthusiast, and follower of Christ. Some of her earliest childhood memories as a young artrepreneur include winning the Bike Rodeo drawing contest at Armstrong Elementary and launching her own bracelet company in the third grade. Her love of art grew as she immersed herself in art and graphic design classes, including an oil painting class at the American University of Rome.

As an Advertising and Business student at the University of Texas at Austin, Caroline was accepted into the world-renowned Texas Creative portfolio program with a ‘Best in Show’ winning campaign and creative contributions that steered a dynamic campaign for the Texas Men’s Basketball Team. As a full-time student, she worked for Mark Cuban Companies in a growth marketing role in which she elevated the branding presence of portfolio companies acquired from Shark Tank. 

Caroline combined her love of art and entrepreneurship by launching her art business in 2019, which began as selling watercolor portraits to friends and family during COVID. She has continued to sell art ever since and her business was recently nominated for the Longhorn 100, which identifies and celebrates the success of the 100 fastest growing Longhorn businesses in the world.

Today, she continues to grow her creative practice and business not only by selling art to thousands of clients worldwide, but by collaborating with iconic brands like Nike, Nespresso, Urban Outfitters, Target, Saint Spritz, No. 3 Gin, and Framebridge. Caroline’s mission in every creative pursuit is to evoke a sense of nostalgic optimism while inspiring people to be their most unapologetic selves. To quote one of her creative idols, Virgil Abloh, "Everything I do is for the 17-year-old version of myself."