Carol Bruton was born in Toronto Canada and studied at the Bellas Artes de Madrid, Spain; the Camden Arts Centre, London, UK; and Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland. A childhood in Spain has been followed by time in the Mid-East, England and more recently, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France. She began painting as a child living in a fishing village in Spain, using cement to depict houses. Her artistic expression transcended from the figurative to the abstract, in a seemingly logical course of mutation. Static geometrically defined houses and landscapes gave way to zoomed in views of palm tree trunks which mused gently into lunar-like water pools, to the present-day series of ripples; images at once both other-worldly and intimately familiar.

Carol’s work is part of the private collections of H.S.H. Prince Albert II, Banque Haviland, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, David Coulthard, Susan Feaster, Piero Manara, and Lieutenant Alexandre Perquerel. She has twice been awarded the Prix du Jury at the Comité National Monégasque de association internationale des arts plastiques, part of UNESCO; and has participated in exhibitions at UBS and Haviland Bank, 2020; Osaka Art Show, Japan, 2018; Beijing Biennale, China, 2017; Art Basel, 2014; Jersey City Museum, NY, NY, 2008; UBS Monaco, 2000.

A life lived near water, Carol swims daily in the Mediterranean, her organic paintings influenced by the reflections of images she views looking up through the water to the sky. The interplay of water, light and sky inspire her work, which conveys the urgency of protecting our waters.