Caroline´s life passions for yachting and making art began at a very young age. Born in Guernsey in the Channel Islands and brought up in Malta. She has spent most of her life travelling the world by or at sea, documenting this through her vibrant acrylic paintings often depicting life in harbours & ports or capturing the excitement of regatta!
Caroline´s wish to travel far and wide began when she travelled to Australia at 19 where she followed a Bachelor in Fine Arts at the National Art School in Sydney. Chosen to take part in a mural project as part of the embellishments towards the Sydney 2000 Olympics this helped launch her career. A few years later she represented Malta as part of CHOGM, with a travelling exhibition around the main Australian cities. Caroline´s time in Sydney opened her up to the world of sailing particularly when she worked at the Cruising Yacht of Australia, the home of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart.
After living in Australia for 7 years she her returned home to Europe, where she set up her own private gallery at the Hilton in Malta, Space Contemporary Art. Caroline formed part of the local artist painting group where she formed part of many collectives and in 2005 & 06 Rolex commissioned her to create the trophies for the renowned Middle Sea Yacht Race.
At that time Caroline exhibited in London at the Royal Commonwealth Society Trafalgar Square, was one of the artists chosen for the Ansbacher Private Banking Auction and took part in the Malta week at Harrods. She then represented Malta at United Nations in New York in 2007 and took part in an Art Symposium in Pescara Italy where her work can be found in the Modern Art Museum nowadays.
Caroline´s sense of adventure led her to work as a yacht chef for short periods where she often based herself out of the main yachting hubs of Antibes, Cornwall, Antigua and Palma de Mallorca. Here she drew much inspiration and painted local scenes. While she was based in Palma in summer 2010 she completed a rewarding mural commission at Colegio San Alfonso Maria de Ligorio in central Palma, still to be enjoyed by the international community of students who attend.
In October 2010 Caroline returned to Malta again to follow a Master in Tourism leading her to work for the Camper & Nicholsons Marina. As part of her position she hosted the prize-giving for “Trophee Bailli de Suffren”, a prestigious 600 nautical mile classic offshore ending in Malta. This led her to form part of a collaborative exhibition at Galerie de Lices in St. Tropez in 2015. Recently she participated in another collaborative at the Malta Maritime Museum ´Sea She Sees´, part of Valletta 2018, European Capital of Culture.
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