RIP to my partner in art – Janice Wilkins MFA

I write this with a heavy heart. There is just no describing the bond you have with someone when you create stuff with them. Since Janice passed away last week, I have thought a lot about our special friendship and the weird, smart, and silly things we made together over the past 14 years. Here…

Bristol exhibition… at last

It’s been over 35 years since I left my home town of Bristol. And although it’s gone from being an edgy, run down city, that birthed trip hop and Banksy, to the second most expensive place to live in the UK, I still feel proud to be a Bristolian. Back in the 1980s my hangouts…

Creating Calm

It’s been a while since I updated this blog. This is largely because I have been spending time in meditation and contemplation – often in the woods and usually with police officers. No, not on some bizarre community service – but as a qualified meditation teacher and founder of a brand new Community Interest Company – The…

Looking for Tigers – book now available

My book, Looking for Tigers – an autobiographical collection of travel stories from some weird and wonderful places – is now available from The Great British Bookshop https://www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/looking-for-tigers I have some limited stock available for signed copies. If you would like one, let me know. Caroline

GLOUCESTER DOCKS QUIZ

Thank you for visiting this page. This quiz was created by the artist Caroline Jaine for the enjoyment of the people of and visitors to Gloucester Docks in the United Kingdom. It is a family friendly quiz and should take about 45 minutes, depending on your mobility. Download and print the quiz below. Make a…

Looking for Tigers – book signing

12 October 2022 – Please come along if you are able to!

Celebrating the Morris Dancers of Bampton

Last year my brother asked if I would like to paint some pictures for friend of his, who had some blank walls to fill in a bed and breakfast space above the local pub in the village of Bampton. I’m not good at saying no to creative challenges – so I took on the idea,…

Covid, Emergencies and Healing- Reflecting on 2021

2021 has been a year of dramatic change for me. We have spent another year under Covid restrictions, but I have taken the opportunity to push my boundaries and learn to heal using Reiki – the two themes are very connected. For more about my healing journey read here. In terms of boundaries – for…

Crime Inspired Paintings on Show at Anglia Ruskin Police Training Facility in London

Each painting is drawn from a real life phone call made to the police during 2021, when the artist worked as an Emergency Call Handler for Avon & Somerset Constabulary. 

Suspicious Circumstances – exhibition

You are invited to see my latest collection of paintings: “Suspicious Circumstances” which draws on my interest in true crime and what different people consider “suspicious”. I’m showing the paintings at Studio 18 in Stroud, as part of the Stroud Site Festival, and there will be other amazing works of art by other artists on…