Carol Hallock divides her time between her water front home on stilts in Louisiana and her 40 acre country home in southern Mississippi. She often paints the surrounding bayou and marsh from her kayak. “Geraldine” the egret is a favorite subject. Born and raised in Baton Rouge and graduate of Louisiana State University, Carol loves the unique beauty of her homeland. Widely acclaimed for her loose, painterly strokes in oils, Carol’s work has been shown in the Louisiana Governor’s Mansion has been collected in permanent private and corporate  collections across the country. She has produced books of her work as well as “how to” professionally developed videos entitled, “The Art of Loose Painting I, II and III” which are shown on television channels across the country . Her work has won many awards and also graces the cover of national and local magazines as well as being included in numerous press and magazine articles. Select prints are sold worldwide.  Most recently In May 2024 she was named as One of the Five Artists to Know in Baton Rouge, La. and has joined Saladino Gallery in Covington, La.