Carol Graham studied in her hometown of Belfast at the College of Art and Design. Her painting The Striped Skirt appeared at an exhibition at the Ulster Museum and immediately caught the public’s attention. Since then she has exhibited at the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Gallery and had numerous solo shows at Tom Caldwell Gallery. Her subject matter includes landscapes, seascapes, horses, water, and philosophically and spiritually motivated metaphorical and abstract images. She often produ
ces images groups or in a series.
She has received a number of high profile portrait commissions including one of Mary McAleese which is at Queen’s University, and another of Mary Robinson. She also exhibits with the RUA where she has been an Academician since 1983 and was President in 2003.
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