Gorten, Coll summer 2012
Sea fishing off rocks Gorten, Coll 2017
Sorley at the Fairy Isles, July 2018
Caroline Dec 2018
Sketching, Eriskay 2018
Photo: Glen Slatterly, Country Life
Caroline was born in Edinburgh in 1964, the family relocating to the Orkney isles in 1968.
She attended Aberdeen University, graduating in 1986 with an Honours degree in History of Art.
She then found employment as an archaeological fieldworker for several years, throughout mainland
Scotland, Shetland & the Hebrides and catalogued pottery for a year for the National Portrait Gallery
in Edinburgh before returning to Orkney in 1992, and beginning to paint.
She attended Aberdeen University, graduating in 1986 with an Honours degree in History of Art.
She then found employment as an archaeological fieldworker for several years, throughout mainland
Scotland, Shetland & the Hebrides and catalogued pottery for a year for the National Portrait Gallery
in Edinburgh before returning to Orkney in 1992, and beginning to paint.
Her first exhibition of paintings was held in Stromness public library in 1994. Moving to the Borders
in 1995, she had her first painting accepted at the RSA annual open exhibition in 1997 and a solo show
With the Mainhill Gallery in Ancrum soon followed.
The Mainhill Gallery under Diana Bruce went on to promote her work in solo and mixed shows at the
Edinburgh Festival, Glasgow and various London art fairs, including the prestigious Art London.
In 1999 Caroline won the James Torrance prize for ‘most promising young painter’ at the RGI.
The millenium saw her moving out west to Argyll, the inspiration for many of her sea and landscape
Paintings, whilst continuing to exhibit with the Mainhill Gallery.
Around 2002 her work came to the attention of the John Martin Gallery in Mayfair, with whom she had
A successful solo show in 2004.
She married in 2003 and her first son, Donald, attended her Mayfair opening age 5 days, in Dec 2004.
Still living in Argyll, Caroline now has two sons and she and her family explore the islands and lochs
around Loch sween, and the Inner and Outer Hebrides by kayak and sailing boat whenever they can.
in 1995, she had her first painting accepted at the RSA annual open exhibition in 1997 and a solo show
With the Mainhill Gallery in Ancrum soon followed.
The Mainhill Gallery under Diana Bruce went on to promote her work in solo and mixed shows at the
Edinburgh Festival, Glasgow and various London art fairs, including the prestigious Art London.
In 1999 Caroline won the James Torrance prize for ‘most promising young painter’ at the RGI.
The millenium saw her moving out west to Argyll, the inspiration for many of her sea and landscape
Paintings, whilst continuing to exhibit with the Mainhill Gallery.
Around 2002 her work came to the attention of the John Martin Gallery in Mayfair, with whom she had
A successful solo show in 2004.
She married in 2003 and her first son, Donald, attended her Mayfair opening age 5 days, in Dec 2004.
Still living in Argyll, Caroline now has two sons and she and her family explore the islands and lochs
around Loch sween, and the Inner and Outer Hebrides by kayak and sailing boat whenever they can.
Caroline is well known for her understated, yet powerful, somewhat
mesmerizing seascapes and for her equally arresting still lifes, which have a distinctive,
almost timeless quality. Often juxtaposing vibrant summer flowers and grasses with
shells, seaweed or sea glass, her intimate connection to Scotland’s wild places and a
certain contemplative sensibility resonate throughout her work.
mesmerizing seascapes and for her equally arresting still lifes, which have a distinctive,
almost timeless quality. Often juxtaposing vibrant summer flowers and grasses with
shells, seaweed or sea glass, her intimate connection to Scotland’s wild places and a
certain contemplative sensibility resonate throughout her work.
