The essence of Caroline’s paintings originate from walks on Haworth moor near where she lives.

The landscape of the South Pennines is immersive and raw, she feels rooted there. 

Caroline’s fundamental conversation is to communicate with paint how it feels to be in this landscape, whilst endeavouring to capture the ever changing weather and light. The moors are often shrouded in mist, blurring and obscuring the horizon, creating a softness and fragility.

Place is integral to her art. Living so close to the moor means that it is always in her subconscious, the big skies, the feeling of the wind, texture of the vegetation, the mist and light.

Caroline studied at Leeds College of Art in the early 1990’s and was here that she developed a passion for surface and texture and her obsession with building layers. She works into the wood or canvas to create surface interest and depth.

The painting evolves with the use of brush, palette knives, mark making, and more often than not her fingers, she occasionally adds found materials to the oil or acrylic.

Caroline has a close affinity and family connection with the ancient landscape of West Cornwall. This influence can also be seen in her paintings.