Caroline Mackintosh is a contemporary landscape painter living and working in Suffolk. Her inspiration comes largely from the Norfolk and Suffolk marshes and coastal estuaries that surround her, but also from travels further afield, in particular the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Ireland. Drawn to the strong shapes, lines and patterns formed by the complex interplay of water and land, her work attempts to portray the vast horizons and expansive nature of these landscapes. Working mainly oil and cold wax and oil pigment sticks, and lying somewhere between figurative and abstraction, her paintings are concerned with capturing the form and contours of the land, rather than a literal representation of place. Her work acts as a visual diary of walks taken. Sketches are made, and those along with photographs, are used back in the studio to develop larger works and further explore colour, texture and abstraction.

 

 

Caroline studied to foundation level at Norwich Art School, had a career 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.

 

Caroline was and shortlisted for The Sir John Hurt Art Prize in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 and longlisted for Jackson’s Art Prize 2025 and 2026.

 

She has exhibited at The Mall Galleries, London Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibitions 2024 & 2025, The Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition 2024, the New English Art Club Exhibition 2025 and The Salisbury Landscape Open Exhibition 2025 where her painting Dune received a highly commended award.

 

Caroline has contributed to a newly released book Atmospheric Landscapes Using Oil and Cold Wax - Paula Dunn. Crowood Press October 2025.