Carrie trained as a graphic designer and then worked in publishing and as a package designer for several years. She became involved in teaching, and is currently a part-time lecturer at an art school.

In the last ten years, she has worked as an illustrator, producing work for many book and magazine publishers. Painting grew from this interest, and now occupies a large part of her time. During the last few years, she has had work accepted for several London exhibitions, including the Royal Watercolour Society, the Royal Institute of Watercolour Painters, and the New English. She has recently had four painting projects included in ‘Watercolour Masterclass’ by Design Eye Publishing.

Her paintings are usually based on drawings from her sketchbook – local landscapes, formal gardens, views from the train window and the sea at Cornwall, which she often visits. When back in the studio, she uses watercolours, gouache and acrylic paints to produce her paintings. Although initially derived from the landscape, the paintings take on an air of fantasy and unreality as she experiments with colour, tone and composition to express emotions and feelings about the place.