Carol Barrett is a graduate of the school of drawing and painting at Edinburgh College of Art. She lives and works in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Carol regularly travels to Africa (Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Tanzania and Kenya) to study, sketch and photograph wildlife in its natural habitat.

Carol will be showing wildlife paintings in May and December 2008 in the Di Rollo Gallery, 18a Dundas Street, Edinburgh.

Carol will be exhibiting in June 2008 in an exhibition in aid of St Columba’s Hospice in the Freemasons’ Hall, George Street, Edinburgh.

Her work has been shown in many mixed exhibitions and she has been artist in residence at Edinburgh Zoo.

Carol has completed over 550 commissioned works in a variety of media; some are in private collections in Africa, Australia, Europe and the USA.

A committed conservationist, Carol has contributed to, and supported, a number of wildlife projects in Africa and the UK.