"I want my paintings to act as a window to the natural world. It's only through awareness that we will begin to understand and appreciate the spectacles that go on all around us." Carina hiking in the Scottish Highlands
Born in Sweden in 1973, Carina started to travel extensively in her late teens. It was the fantastic wildlife and scenery of Colorado that led to painting becoming the greatest focus point in her life. Currently living in Aviemore, Scotland, she finds ideas for her work both locally as well as further afield, including Alaska, Africa and most recently Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks.
Carina has a diploma in Art and Design from the University of Wales, Cardiff, but felt she would benefit more as a wildlife artist from a degree in the natural sciences. She graduated with BSc Honours in Conservation Biology in spring 2006 from the University of Aberdeen. Carina has worked for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in Abernethy Forest Reserve.

Carina sketching on the Yellowstone river Carina was highly commended at the Society of All Artists in 1999, and was commended at the National Exhibition of Wildlife Art, Liverpool in 2003. Her exhibitions include the National Exhibition of Wildlife Art, Liverpool; Summer Exhibition, McEwan Gallery, Ballater, Scotland and Art of the Animal Kingdom, Bennington Center for the Arts, Vermont, USA. Carina has been juried into David Shepherd's "Wildlife Artist of the Year" in both 2009 and 2010.
Commissions include Svenska Rovdjursföreningen (The Swedish Predator Society); World Wide Fund, Sweden and Carpathian Large Carnivore Project, Romania.
2009 Exhibitions
-"Wildlife Artist of the Year 2009", David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, Mall Galleries, London. June 1st to June 6th.
-"Summer Exhibition" Nordic Wildlife Artists, Österbybruk, Sweden (in former studio of Bruno Liljefors). June 13th to August 16th.
-"Art of the Animal Kingdom", Bennington Center for the Arts, Vermont. June 13th to July 26th.
-"National Exhibition of Wildlife Art", Wirral, England. July 17th to August 2nd.
-"Summer Exhibition", McEwan Gallery, Ballater, Scotland.