Gallavantor Art crab painting. Framed in gold floating frame by Caroline Staley, Gallavantor Art. Measures 16" x 20"

Caroline Staley is an artist based in Mt. Pleasant, SC. She studied Studio Art at The College Of Charleston and went on to pursue her dreams of travel and marital bliss. After 16 years, a very supportive husband and three children, she felt the need to "find her passion" and it led her back to her art. It started with a piece or two for her own house or for a friend. With much unexpected encouragement from friends and strangers she has turned her passion into a career. She is guided by her love for the sea and all things salty! While not completely confined to coastal decor, she has the ability to branch out into other themes when the inspiration strikes!

For many years, her husband claimed that she spent her days "gallavanting" around town, while unbeknownst to him, she was really in the trenches of laundry, diapers, baby food and homework! When she began painting again, she used the pen name "Gallavantor" in order to avoid criticism from the unknown. She started a Facebook and Instagram page under that name and almost immediately her work became coveted as quickly as she could paint it! It soon became known to family and friends that Caroline and the "Gallavantor" were the same person. Where had she been hiding this talent all of these years!?!?!?!