Born with a gift for painting and a love for the arts, Caroline Dunphy has been expressing herself with a paintbrush since she was just 3 years old. Working from her vintage Northville home and her downtown studio, Painter’s Place, Caroline expresses her creativity in watercolors, oils and pen & ink.

“Travel in Time”  is one Caroline’s most recent works capturing Northville’s history throughout the past 50 years. This piece of art was created in commemoration of the transition from Northville Village to the City of Northville and is on display and available at Painter’s Place. Numerous other sites throughout Northville have also been captured in watercolor . . Mill Race Village buildings, the old Ford Plant, Flower Days and Northville’s Main Street and landmark clock. Northville prints may be purchased with or without frames or as note cards.

One of Caroline’s fortes is her portraits. Preserve a special time in your life with individual or family portraits. Portraits may either be done from a photograph or studio sitting. Capture your current home or take a walk down memory lane beginning with your first starter home and travel through time with each home that your family has gathered memories in. All homes are drawn on one street and may be depicted in pen & ink or watercolors, personalize by setting each home in your favorite season or adding the family pet.

Caroline’s love of flowers and painting have taken her to some of the most beautiful gardens in the world including Caroline’s favorite . . . Monet’s gardens in Giverny, France. Many days were spent painting in the gardens of Monet, Renoir and Cezanne each being reflected in many of her watercolors exhibited at Painter’s Place. Cityscapes and countryside scenes of France, Austria, Italy, England, Ireland and Germany are also included on the gallery walls. Caroline’s impressionistic works are on display in hundreds of private collections in America, Europe and Asia. She has been commissioned to develop paintings for homes and businesses in subject matter and colors complementing the interests and environment of her clientele. Commission your own piece for a special retiree, a milestone birthday or anniversary or simply your favorite garden.

“I am following Nature without being able to grasp her,
I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.”
Claude Monet

Caroline’s Northville roots began in the early 1970’s as part of an art group housed over the Marquis Theatre. After moving her studio several times, 140 N. Center Street became the final home for Painter’s Place. Over the years Caroline has both studied and taught art, lectured on Monet’s gardens and has inspired many through her paintings. Visit Caroline in her studio Tuesday through Thursday noon to 4:00pm or call for an appointment at your convenience.