Caroline Squires began her art career by sketching cartoons from comic books when she was a preteen. After filling her first sketch book with cartoons she acquired her second sketch book, which she filled with original and copied portraits of wildlife, domestic animals, and eventually people. During her teen years she took several art classes and in college she took a drawing 1 class taught by Joanne Julian, an accomplished artist. Several of Squires' drawings were selected by Julian to be hung in the school's gallery and were featured at the annual student art exhibit. Her second year at college allowed her to take a painting 1 class and she continued to impress her instructor, Julian.

During her third year in college Squires took a figure drawing 1 class and again, her artwork stood out amidst all the other student work. "I think my art tended to stand out because I spent an incredible amount of time on each piece. I am a perfectionist, which is a hard thing to be when you are an artist because as much as you want your work to be perfect; there is no such thing when you are drawing or painting. The best I can hope for is that my art looks right to my artist's eye and I have to leave the rest of myself out of it."

Squires delved into a new realm of art and took photography classes and added her photos to her portfolio. Out of college, Squires started being recognized for her talents and began producing graphite pencil sketches of people's family members (dogs included). Squires was commissioned to do an oil painting for a friend of some cattle standing in a field. "This was a challenge, because although I had taken a painting 1 class I was still very new to painting and it took me a good 6 months to complete the 3'x 4' painting I did for her."

After Squires completed this first painting she continued to keep painting cows. "I love to paint cows; they have soft soulful eyes and are beautifully marked." After painting for several years, Squires returned to graphite sketches and drew people's family members, dogs, cats. "Painting opened my eyes to a new form of art and I was able to apply what I had learned from painting to my pencil sketches, which helped me create life-like renditions of the subjects I was drawing.It is very important to me to capture the person's or animal's personality in my artwork."

At this point in time, Squires is a member of the Santa Clarita Valley Artist's Association and is using her free time to oil paint, photograph, and graphite pencil sketch subjects. "I have a connection to every piece I complete and it is a wonderful feeling to be able to share that with others and know my artwork has touched their lives."