Cartoonist, painter and illustrator, was born in Germany in 1964. She migrated to Sydney with her parents, who built a yacht in their suburban backyard to sail the East coast of Australia, which they did for many years. In her 20s, Caroline visited NZ aboard another yacht and returned to Brisbane where she began work as a freelance illustrator. Entirely self-taught, her first published cartoons appeared in the Bulletin beginning her career as a painter, cartoonist and illustrator.
Married to Mark, Caroline resumed painting when pregnant with her daughter, Jennifer, in 1996. Her paintings, whose subjects range from nudes to boats, have been shown in two mixed shows in the UK – No9 The Gallery and Artspace 2000, Barn Galleries, Henley-on-Thames (arranged by her UK-based agent, Chele Simpson) – and at Commerford Gallery (Byron Bay) and Bundanoon Art Gallery. Since 1998 she has also worked as a commercial illustrator, freelancing for magazines, newspapers and companies in the UK, US and Australia. Her aim to illustrate children’s books was fulfilled when she illustrated Libby Hathorn’s Grandma’s Shoes in 2000.
ML has 2 pen-and-ink original cartoons from the 1994 Black and White Artists’ Stanleys: “I can’t do a thing with it…” and Figureheads (PXD 586/ MAGERL/7-8).
- Writers:
- Kerr, Joan
- Date written:
- 1996
- Last updated:
- 2007
