Our featured artist, Caron Shahrestani, is a woman of many passions and stories. Raised by artistic and musical family in the San Francisco Bay Area, Caron has always expressed herself creatively through varying disciplines. Drawing, collaging, sewing, gardening and cooking have continued to inspire her since her high school days of singing a capella and performing Shakespeare.

In another life, she was a newspaper reporter. At the University of Oregon, she realized that writing, much like art, is a very creative and cathartic process. But somewhere between being a crime reporter for the Albany Democrat Herald in Oregon, a business reporting intern for the Detroit Free Press, and a freelance travel writer for the Honolulu Advertiser, she longed for something more. And joined the Peace Corps.

Four years and many unforgettable adventures  later, she found herself back in the Bay Area for good. With San Francisco rent climbing and newspaper jobs tumbling, Caron pivoted to fashion and fitness. Fashion blogging lead to video blogging which lead to video marketing. During that professional evolution, she lost a significant amount of weight and became a certified Bar Method instructor. She currently teaches at the San Mateo and Palo Alto fitness studios.

Today, when she isn’t teaching or painting, she is building her video production startup – Caron Modern Media – which provides video marketing and photography services to the greater Bay Area. Visit caronmodernmedia.com to see recent photography and video work.

caron@caronmodernmedia.com

caronmodernmedia.com

@caronmodmedia