Mackintosh is a largely self-taught contemporary landscape painter. Her semi-abstract style is concerned with capturing the shapes and lines formed in the landscape, rather than a literal representation of place.
Her inspiration comes largely from the marshes and estuaries that surround her, but also from travels further afield. Drawn to the dramatic lines, strong shapes and vivid colours formed by shifts in light in the landscape her work acts as a visual diary, in particular walks taken. Smaller works in mixed media are formed and they, along with photographs and memories, are used to develop larger works, enabling me her further explore colour, shape, texture and abstraction.
Having studied to foundation level at Norwich Art School (now Norwich University of the Arts) and for a BA in Development Studies at the University of East Anglia, she lived in Southern Ireland for several years, before returning to England to train as a primary school teacher. She taught in various schools and travelled widely, before moving to the Suffolk countryside to renovate a house by a marsh and raise her family of four boys.
Later she specialised in teaching art in local primary schools and trained other teachers in the delivery of the art curriculum. In 2021 Caroline gave up teaching to focus entirely on her own art practice.
- Mackintosh is a member of Southwold Art Circle and UK Artists Online.
- Third prize at The Annual UK Artists Online Exhibition (Courtyard Gallery, Aldeburgh 2022).
- Shortlisted for and exhibited at The Sir John Hurt Art Prize, Holt Festival 2021, 2022 and 2023.
EXHIBITIONS
2024
- Fermoy Gallery and Shakespeare Barn, King's Lynn – "Lay of the Land" Exhibition (Sept 25 to October 26)
- Courtyard Gallery, Aldeburgh – Abstracting the Landscape – Solo Exhibition
- The Church Hall, Holt – Sir John Hurt Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition
- Mall Galleries, London – Society of Women Artists 163rd Annual Open Exhibition
- Gallery East, Woodbridge, Suffolk – Group Exhibition “Reality to Abstraction”
- Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk – Suffolk Open Studios Group Exhibition
- The Bell Gallery, Bungay, Suffolk – Group Exhibition “Elements of Nature”
2023
- St Andrews Hall, Norwich – Art Fair East
- Merlina Arts, Earsham – Two Painters and a Potter
- Gallery East, Woodbridge, Suffolk – Seeking the Inner Landscape
- Glandford Studios, Holt – Sir John Hurt Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition
- Ballroom Arts, Aldeburgh – Suffolk Open Studio Group Exhibition
- The Elms, Rushmere – Suffolk Open Studios
- The Forum, Norwich – The Spring Show Open Exhibition
- The Bell Gallery, Bungay, Suffolk – Group Exhibition “Along the Waveney”
- The Bell Gallery, Bungay, Suffolk – Group Exhibition “Explorations in Line and Colour”
2022
- Merlina Arts, Earsham – Group Exhibition
- The Cut Open – Open Exhibition
- Courtyard Gallery, Ballroom Arts, Aldeburgh – UK Artists Annual Exhibition, Third prize
- 142 Art Gallery, Felixstowe – Suffolk Open Studios group exhibition
- Ferini Gallery, Pakefield – Suffolk Open Studios group exhibition
- Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, Snape – Suffolk Open Studios group exhibition
- Elms Barm, Rushmere – Suffolk Open Studios joint exhibition (with Clare Meade)
- Adrian Hill Fine Art, Holt – Sir John Hurt Art Prize, Holt Festival
- The Forum, Norwich – The Spring Show
- The School Studios, Raveningham – Group Exhibition
2021
- The School Studios, Raveningham – Group Exhibition
- The Old Harnessmaker’s Gallery, Harleston – Group Exhibition
- Adrian Hill Fine Art, Holt – Sir John Hurt Art Prize, Holt Festival
2018 – 2020
- Pivotal House, Norwich – The Spring Art Show
- The Forum, Norwich – The Spring Art Show
- Wells Maltings, Wells – Open exhibition
- The Forum, Norwich – The Spring Art Show