I am Carolyn McIntosh, a Western Australian artist based in the Perth hills suburb of Greenmount, Western Australia. 

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The natural world inspires my creative work, with a strong emphasis on our Western Australian native flora and fauna. I have been fortunate to have experienced close encounters with Western Australian wildlife as a volunteer wildlife worker over several years at a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Perth. Having the opportunity to interact, hand feed and care for native birds, reptiles and marsupials was an incredibly fulfilling and life changing experience that has greatly influenced my art and craft.

I work in many mediums and currently immersed in sculpting with fibre and textiles, using wool and other fibres to needle felt soft sculptures.  I often utilise a combination of techniques with a variety of materials such as animal fibres, plant fibres, fabrics, found objects and recycled materials.

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My art education has been broad, diverse and ongoing: commencing with technical college, then university fine art studies, and, more recently, local workshops with artists and online workshops with artists from across the globe.

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My studio name derives from the wandering fig vine (or creeping fig as it is often called) which covered the outside walls of my first studio space of my home garage in Bassendean. The dried vine is a great fibre for weaving nests and free form baskets. In late 2016, I moved to the Perth hills suburb of Greenmount with my family to a lovely home adjacent to The Railway Heritage Trail and a short walk to Greenmount National Park.  The vast array of native birds, marsupials, reptiles and insects who frequent my garden are a pleasure to see everyday and a source of inspiration for my creative work.

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Awards

2017 Winner Hay Bale Challenge, York Festival

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Exhibition

2018 The Ebb and Flow of Linking Waterways Exhibition, Painted Tree Gallery, Northcliffe

2018 Mundaring Hills Open Studios

2018 Don't Jettison Everything, Member's Exhibition, Mundaring Arts Centre (selective)

2017 Hay Bale Challenge, York Festival (selective)

2015 Birds of a Feather, Forest Heritage Centre, Dwellingnup

2015 Churchlands Senior High School Art Show

2015 Ellenbrook Art Awards

2015 Artists on the Walkpath, Riverside Gardens, Bayswater (selective)

2014 Community Art Exhibition, Churchlands Senior High School

2014 Reel It In, Native Animal Rescue marquee, educational display installation

2014 Open, Town of Bassendean, art stall and exhibition

2014 Artists on the Walkpath, Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary, Bayswater (selective)

2013 Affordable Art Affair, Sarah House, Subiaco

2013 Connecting Communities Kalamunda, Zig Zag Gallery Kalamunda

2013 St Brigid's College Biennial Art Exhibition and Sale

2013 Midland Artsource Open Studios

2013 Ellenbrook Community Tea Party Event, The Gallery, Ellenbrook

2013 Fingers and Petals The Handmade Flower Show,The Gallery, Ellenbrook

2013 esordio>debut>beginning The Zig Zag Gallery Kalamunda

2012 Shoe-ing Off by Fibrant, Bassendean Memorial Library

2012 Bassendean Art Awards

2012 Mazenod College Art Show

2012 Canning Art Awards

2012 Town of Mosman Park Art Awards

2011 City of Stirling Art Awards

2011 Emerging Artist Awards, City of South Perth (selective)