Carol Paquet was born in Northern Rhodesia, (now Zambia), of a British father and a South African mother.  In 1963, her family left Northern Rhodesia prior to that country’s independence and settled in South Africa. She subsequently attended the College of Art in Johannesburg where she majored in Graphic Design. This was followed by a career as an Art Director in advertising and during this time she worked in Cape Town and Johannesburg (South Africa), in London (UK) and in Southern California (USA). Throughout this period she continued with privately sponsored education in the Fine Arts and was fortunate to have studied with William Kentridge (now an internationally acclaimed artist) in Johannesburg.
Paquet has spent many years living abroad and has traveled widely. Johannesburg, Cape Town, Munich, London and Toronto have been her homes as has Oakland, California. She now resides on the Central Coast, California.
Her work is in private collections in the United States as well as the Monte Carlo Hotel, Las Vegas NV., The Tabor Westin Hotel, Denver., CO The Hyatt Regency, Sacramento, CA and the Atlanta Grand Hyatt, Atlanta, GA. and Hotel Cerro, San Luis Obispo, California. USA