biography

Carole Milton was born in 1937 in Melbourne, Victoria, the eldest of seven children. Showing a flair for drawing at primary school, Carole was encouraged by her teacher to submit work for exhibition with the Black and White Club, Melbourne. The submission of her work was successful.

As a young teenager she was fortunate in being exposed to the wonderful creative atmosphere of the Merric Boyd and John Percival pottery shop in Murrumbeena but it was not until much later that she realised how important it had been in her history. Encouraged by her parents, who did not share her faith in art as a career, Carole completed her formal education and, later, a secretarial course. A few years later she studied art with Ian Armstrong of the National Gallery School. Her great love is traditional and impressionist painting.

In 1974 she held her first solo exhibition. The demands of her four children meant that she had to forgo her previous enjoyment of plein air painting in favour of working from her studio and this led her towards painting still-life and flowers. The sensitive and individualistic handling of these subjects soon brought her recognition and opportunities to hold exhibitions annually in major galleries in Victoria and New South Wales. In 1986 her work was selected to hang with The Royal British Artists Exhibition in London. A year later Carole’s paintings were represented in an exhibition of Australian art touring through the provinces of China. In 1997 her work appeared in a selected exhibition “Australian in Paris” at Merémesil Fine Arts in Paris and in 1998 at Gelmbert Studios in New York.

Carole is an experienced teacher, demonstrator and judge. Carole is a member of The Australian Guild of Realist Artists and was president of that guild in 1991 and 1992. Carole is represented in private and corporate collections in Australia and overseas.