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The Wivenhoe Art Trail – May 2024

The Wivenhoe Art Trail – May 2024

It’s been a whirlwind of a few weeks, but the 17-19th May marked the first Wivenhoe Art Trail of 2024, my second art trail, and the first time I’ve...

Making signs for my art business

Making signs for my art business

For the art trail, the studio in general and the occasional events I do, I wanted to make some wooden, chalk and painted signs - fun and on brand,...

New studio signage

New studio signage

For open studios / the art trail and beyond! Although I moved into my new studio six months ago, I’d been waiting for the VOA to make a decision...

Pop up shop magic

Pop up shop magic

I got to play shop and have far too much fun - I had a two week pop up shop next door to Colcheco, on Layer Road in Colchester in 2023, and it was...

Press: Mermaiding, i news

Press: Mermaiding, i news

Fabulous beach photo by the brilliant Sarah Wayte Creative. It was November and BLOODY FREEZING, but so worth it! It's been such an exciting week -...

Exhibition: Inspired by Nature

Exhibition: Inspired by Nature

Just popping in to say my Fluffy Bee: Blue limited edition print is currently in the Old Grocery gallery in Wivenhoe, accompanied by 25 other...

Spring experiments

Spring experiments

Just hopping in to record some in progress experiments I've been doing as the winter finally gives way to spring. There's still a chill in the air,...

Artist Date: a day of play

Artist Date: a day of play

For almost two years now, once a month Juliet Lockhart and I hold space for each other to do something we otherwise put off indefinitely. Usually...

Feathery frenzy!

Feathery frenzy!

I've always been a treasure hunter - or a scavenger, depending on how you view it! From being very small I would pick up pebbles, feathers, leaves,...

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Carla is a photographer and mermaid with a love of the ethereal, nostalgia and magic.
She weaves stories into photographs which could have walked off the pages of a book, and which invite you to find your own stories within them.
Living and working on the north Essex coastline (which suits her mermaid heart), her work pulls together memory, imagination and wonder.