As one of the longer standing members of Redbrick Artists Group, Carole is dedicated to the creation of her unique works. She fearlessly draws on an abiding need to express her deep relationship with the natural world. Materials, methods and processes which are harmonious with the source of her creativity are used with skill, and an unforced innate progression.
The aforementioned source is mainly Carole’s allotment, where she spends a great deal of her time, and where she finds the special spirituality of being at one with nature. In the world around her and wherever she is, Carole sees textures, shapes and colours which sing to her.
Samples of leaves, petals, grasses; in fact a variety of vegetation and found objects that she feels an affinity with, are collected, saved, or pressed and preserved for an unspecified future use.
Using water based paints, collage and adhesive, these are then transformed into pieces of art work. They are built up over time, changing and evolving over the coming weeks and sometimes months, never knowing what the end result will be.
Carole spent time at Batley Art College in her early years. She was then unable to practise in her present positive and cohesive way until she became part of Tom Wood’s Art Academy which unfortunately closed in 2021. This meant losing Tom, the founder, teacher and mentor.
However, Carole then became a member of the reformed and relocated new group in Dewsbury. Due to her experience at the Academy, and in spite of the upheaval and set back, Carole had already set sail and her work has gone from strength to strength since then.
All her work is meaningful, honest and unpretentious. The latest piece comprises essentially of used tea bags with collaged small flora and acrylic paint. It is a contemplative, almost monochromatic, geometric study evoking ecological concerns such as throw away, recycling, or biodegradable issues.
Carole’s work is not seen in any galleries but can be viewed on this website and in many of her friends and family’s homes.
You can view more of Carole’s work below,
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