About

Caroline's home and studio are in Frome, Somerset, South West England which she shares with her husband, occasionally her children when they come home, 2 dogs and a cat.  She was born in Surrey, with her architect father, a mother, two brothers and a lot of guinea pigs. Her early years were very normal and pretty uneventful.

Age 13 the family moved to Norfolk when her father retired through ill-health.  Her father, occasionally an amateur artist himself, was a huge encouragement to her art introducing her to exhibitions in London.  He died when she was 17, this greatly affected the artistic support she had enjoyed.], he would have been so pleased to see her paint full-time.  Her more practical mother wanted her to be a secretary, assuming marriage would save her from poverty.  Different times. 

Caroline has painted and created from childhood and has worked as a professional artist for 25 years.  She studied textiles at Great Yarmouth College of Art & Design, but financial pressures forced her to work outside art, as a secretary (!) in hotel sales, insurance, banking, television, music to name a few! 

In retrospect this diversion distinctly informed her creativity allowing her to develop a unique insight into people and useful skills in organisation and marketing.  Unsatisfied with life, and fairly sure she would never marry or have children, not a huge disappointment as she enjoyed her independence, in her 30's she returned to art by attending evening classes.  With the encouragement of an inspirational tutor she rediscovered her love of drawing and painting and was encouraged her to take further training in France.  She has never looked back.

In 1998 she re-met her husband (a boyfriend from 12 years prior), married within months and gave up office work 8 months later, their first child, a son, arrived 2 days before their first wedding anniversary with a daughter 2 years later.  Toddler time was spent drawing and painting, a sneaky way to indulge her passion and instilling a love of art they still have although don't practice.  Once they began school, with careful management, she was able to concentrate full-time on her first true love, art.  Her husband's work led the family to live in Jersey, the Isle of Man, then to Frome. His support has meant she can paint as she feels and wants to and is not dictated by fashion or the taste of others, a privilege she treasures.

As an ardent people watcher this journey has provided a window into how people live and respond to life's challenges, which greatly influences her images. Inspired by natures shapes, ideas spring into her mind, her imagination takes them beyond what she sees into a world of thought, dreams and fantasy woven with insights into life and our psyche, keenly resonating with others, and producing utterly unique, fluid, musical images.