Carol lives and works in Edinburgh at the Dovecot Studio and regularly travels to Africa to study, sketch and photograph wildlife in its natural habitat. Carol is a committed conservationist and is determined to use her talents to support endangered wildlife wherever possible. She is presently developing sketches done on a field trip to the South Luangwa National Park and Ethiopia in September last year and working on a new collection of paintings for exhibition in February 2020 at the Donald Watson Gallery in The Scottish Ornithologists’ Club, East Lothian.
‘The Search’ (detail)
Carol wanted to lend her support to Project Luangwa by giving some of artwork inspired from being in the South Luangwa NP. She has produced a collection of wildlife cards which she has sent directly to Project Luangwa in Zambia where the entire proceeds of their sale will go directly to help the Project out in Zambia. Below is an example of one of cards. Further details about Project Luangwa and more examples of the cards can be found on the conservation page.
‘J’adore’ ~ Watercolour & Gouache on elephant dung paper. The cards in aid of the Project Luangwa can be see on the reverse of the card, where the above logo is printed.
‘Sketch for Survival’
Carol teamed up to be part of Sketch for Survival 2018 with other professional artists and celebrity supporters.
Explorers against Extinction raised $58,000 from the online exhibition/auction, hitting their targets for the main conservation projects: $50,000 to dog anti- poaching unit in Garamba NP in Democratic Republic of Congo & over $8,000 for Sumatran Tiger Project to help safeguard its future in Indonesia. Also $2.500 was given to Sheldrick Trust, DSWT. More details go to Conservation page.
‘Attentive Guardian’ ~ Coffee & Gouache on elephant dung paper
The above painting of a young calf with its mother was one of four artworks donated to the Explorer’s against Extinctions ‘Sketch for Survival’ 2018 Online Auction.
Carol’s paintings are available for sale, and some of these are shown in the Painting galleries. She also undertakes commissions of wildlife in the client’s preferred medium, eg, pastel, watercolour, acrylic, oil, ink, or mixed media.
‘Saddle-billed Stork’ ~ Watercolour & Gouache
‘Tribute to Newky’, Painted Wild Dog ~ Watercolour