My name is Caroline Chung Takeda, I am a late-in-life artist with no formal training.  I am a California native, and have lived in Southern California for most of my life. I grew up in Porter Ranch and moved to Woodland Hills in 1997 where my husband and I raised our mirror image twins.

We moved in 2019 to Santa Clarita, downsizing from our home in Woodland Hills during our kid’s last year of high school where I was the PTA president and Percussion Band Mom. When our twins left for collage at U.C. Berkeley, I was left with an empty nest and nothing to do. I started watching videos of acrylic flow artists on YouTube and one day, bought some materials and had a crack at painting. It was so satisfying and fun, I just kept painting!

From my empty nest, an artist emerged! I paint as I am inspired. Some weeks go by without me mixing and painting and other days, I am painting piece after piece. It depends on my mood and what inspiration I see or feel. Art, like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To me, it is an expression of emotion. Sometimes I paint to music, other times I transfer a mood onto canvas. I have to “feel” the piece. If I don’t like the piece I am working on, I will scrape it off and start again. When I feel it is complete, I stop. What I do is trust my natural sense of color combinations and the movement of the paint across a canvas. Sometimes, the movement is so perfect, it’s like magic. I step back and am often surprised at the finished piece.

In 2021, I was honored by the non-profit group Million Little, who did an Artist Spotlight on me. I have also been selected to have four pieces on display in The Santa Clarita City Hall during the World of Color and Moment of Zen exhibitions.

I feel so fortunate to live in a city that values local artists and artisans. Santa Clarita is rich in this regard.

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