From a young age Caroline has been painting and drawing items that interest her such as flora and fauna. This theme extended through her GCSEs and A Levels where she continued furthering her skills in art and design in a realistic style of working. Her art then took a back seat while she studied for a science degree at Nottingham University, however this break from painting just furthered her enthusiasm and after completing her degree Caroline went back to college to study for a Foundation Art diploma. This course enabled her to experiment much more with abstract ideas and try out various new materials. Caroline began to link her scientific background into her artwork by concentrating on medical images and looking at chance and mutations in cells and organisms. She began to incorporate elements of chance into her paintings by the use of both materials and subject and now the process of a piece of work is often more important than the finished item.

Much of Caroline's work includes the use of acrylic inks and crackle media which are applied by hand eliminating the use of traditional brushes and drawing implements. This combination helps to remove some of the control found in traditional paintings. Caroline also includes natural products such as shells and pearls to give a third dimension to her pieces. Using a combination of these methods Caroline is able to incorporate some of the unpredictability found in natre.

Caroline's paintings are now created in her spare time. She is currently working full time as a Zoo Keeper and is surrounded with colours and patterns of nature on a daily basis. However she still likes to focus on the unusual and unnoticed. Much of Caroline's work can be described as bold abstrat paintings which have a contemporary feel about them. She would like to believe that they are both aesthetically pleasing but will also make people stop and think. When people see her work she would like it to make them think about their surroundings more and take notice of the beauty in things that we pass by every day.

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Where a price is shown the painting is still available for purchase. If you are interested in purchasing, please call the Malvern Hills Gallery on 01684-566872 or via email.

Dimensions given exclude frames.

Painting	Description	Dimensions	Medium	Price
	Red Shadow Flower		Acrylics	£145
	Purple Flower		Acrylics	£115
	Blue Glass Flower		Mixed Media	£40
	Turquoise Flower and Pearls		MIxed Media	£40
	Red Paua Flower 1		Mixed Media	SOLD
	Red Paua Flower 2		Mixed Media	SOLD
	Yellow Trumpets		Acrylic Inks	£35
	Red Iris		Mixed Media	£40
	Blue Nature's Bounty Abstract		Acrylics	£275
	Pink Nature's Bounty Abstract		Acrylics	£60
	Red Nature's Bounty Abstract		Acrylics	£60
	Purple Nature's Bounty Abstract		Acrylics	£60
	Sunshine Nude		Pastels	£145
	Rainbow Nude		Pastels	£90
	Nude		Graphite	£90
	Linear Feminine		Charcoal	£90
	Rust		Mixed Media	SOLD
	Sunflower and Pearls		Mixed Media	£55
	Paramyxoviridae 1		Silk Screen Print	£45
	Paramyxoviridae 2		Silk Screen Print	£45
	Paramyxoviridae 3		Silk Screen Print	£45
	Paramyxoviridae 4		Silk Screen Print	£45
	Pebbles		Digital Photograph	£25
	Shells		Digital Photograph	£25
	Hydrangea		Digital Photpgraph	£25
	Paramyxoviridae 5		Silk Screen Print	£85
	Red Squares		Mixed Media	£85
	Purple Flower 1		Acrylic Inks	£30
	Purple Flower 2		Acrylic Inks	£30
	Purple Flower 3		Acrylic Inks	£30
	orangutang		Acrylics	SOLD
	Mother Teresa		Mixed Media	£95