Fleurette Estes recently moved to the Windy City, Chicago, Illinois from Cameroon, Africa. Fleurette is a Navajo artist and photographer hailing from the Navajo Nation Reservation. Fleurette received a Bachelor of Art in Fine Arts from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, then moved to Tyler, Texas and pursued a career in retail. After moving to San Antonio in 2017, she ‘retired ‘ from retail and devoted her career to art full-time, including painting, photography, sewing, and jewelry-making. Her inspirations come from traveling, culture, and landscapes. She loves when people are drawn to her work because of their own travels, and the mutual connection travel creates between her and her patrons.
In 2021, Fleurette and her husband moved to Yaounde, Cameroon, there she explored her passion of photographing wildlife, especially the silverback gorillas. Since arriving in Yaounde, they have traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, and Nairobi, Kenya to explore the beautiful country.
Fleurette is looking forward to discovering what Chicago has to offer and is ready to photograph the music scene, the Windy City, and the people.
