Me, myself & I

About me

My 50th birthday gift was a series of Sundays spent in the studio of Carrie Stanley rekindling my teenage love of art, and learning to paint with oils.

My home town, Woodstock Oxfordshire, is a passion. It’s beautiful to look at and full of coourful characters. I founded a successful local Facebook group, run a community Insta Caroline Loves Woodstock, helped throw a Woodstock wide VE Day celebration in lockdown (filmed by the BBC), have spoken to a womens’ network at Blenheim Palace, and do lots to support local businesses. So, when I wanted to show my art, setting up a local artists group Artists In Woodstock was the natural next step.

My profession is advertising and marketing. I’ve worked as a strategist in data driven marketing for over 30 years.

My two great kids, Wren and Cooper, make me super proud and do my best to embarrass them with ridiculous fancy dress outfits at every opportunity.

Woman speaking into a microphone, wearing large glasses with starry patterned dress, in a bright room with large windows.

Press coverage

Magazine article titled 'Different strokes: how a painting side project inspired new ways of thinking' featuring a woman in colorful clothing smiling in front of a colorful portrait of a woman holding a flower.

Read Campaign article

Group of seven people posing in an art gallery with paintings on the walls and hanging baskets with greenery from the ceiling.

Read OxInABox article

Magazine open to an article titled 'Paintings, pottery and palenology' with vibrant artwork of a colorful cityscape and some interior images, with another magazine titled 'Cotswold Life' partially visible underneath.

Read Cotswold Life article

Group of six people standing in front of a restaurant named 'Darl-e and the Bear' during daytime, with a window display and potted plants nearby.

Read Oxford Mail article

An image of a magazine or publication cover with the title 'campaign'. The top half features a fanned-out deck of playing cards, all showing images of diverse women. The bottom half displays a black-and-white portrait of a woman with glasses, along with a paragraph of text about Caroline Parkes, chief strategy officer at Rapp UK, and her references to losing herself in oil paint.

Read Campaign A List article