Painter
Carroll Hutchings
Pays de la Loire, France
About Carroll
An adventurer, animal lover and founding artist for Endangered Inks,Carroll is currently based between the UK and France with her Great Dane, Digby. Whilst her formative years were spent on the beautiful island of Bermuda it was clear from a very early age that her creative thinking, artistic talent and urge to explore would take her all over the world. Carroll studied for her Bachelor of Arts in Design at Parsons School of Design and at The Art Institutes. Moving to London, after leaving twelve years of working in southern and East Africa she completed her Masters of Art in Marketing & Design at Central Saint Martins.
Over the last twenty years professionally Carroll has channeled her creative talents into a successful career in marketing, specialising in luxury tourism with prestigious brands and advertising agencies. These brands include Hilton, Marriott, Ogilvy & Mather, The Royal Mint, as well as charities, Fauna & Flora International and PDSA .
Being very fortunate that her work has taken her all over the world with footprints in Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia and USA. Drawing and painting resigned to being a personal hobby during this period, sharing her works with her close family and friends. Carroll decided to focus on reconnecting with her drawing skills in 2019. Looking for inspiration she unearthed boxes of old photographs she’d taken whilst living in Africa, sifting through she realised many of the animals in her photographs are now classed as endangered, their numbers shrinking at an alarming rate. This realisation led Carroll to want to support conservation using her art, establishing ENDANGERED INKS in 2020.
Carroll’s signature style is pen and ink mixed with pastels, she likes to create realistic detail using various techniques, creating a unique work of art which we call an 'INK'