Sculpture
Bronze
Knowledge of the Human form is integral to these sculptures and comes from a passion for drawing from life in many different mediums.
“The figures capture a moment suspended in the eternal present , which frees the viewer from the constraints of linear time.
There is no weighted history ,no expectation of the future. This is an invitation into a moment of physical existence which is both fleeting and eternal. The use of wax and bronze expresses the ephemeral as well as the substance of the moment”
Study in conte for the reclining figure
Studies in pen for the reclining figure
Wax
The beauty of Wax is in the texture, the subtle colouring and the way the light affects the sculptures to give them life.
“Contemplation”
” Figure in contemplation” is modelled with a pale green mix of waxes which has a translucent effect .
Pen studies for “Contemplation”
The second stage of creating the figures
Clay Figures
Work in Progress
These three Bronze reliefs were inspired by the ancient Border Ballad of Thomas the Rhymer.
The first relief depicts the Fairy Queen, the Second, the Enchanted Forest and the third the apple of Truth.
Bronze Reliefs
The ballad describes Thomas encountering the Queen of Elfland who lures him into the mysterious green woods where he remains for seven years. On his emergence from the woods the queen offers him an apple which gives him the gift of truth.
These three bronzes in turn inspired the creation of a musical play written by John Sampson, Julia Munrow and Pete Bayne and were featured in the performance at the Scottish Story Telling centre and at the Edinburgh festival in August 2024.
The Apple of Truth
Studies for the Fairy Queen
Studies for the Enchanted Forest
Anna Caro is a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art and lives and works in Edinburgh.
She has always been interested in portraying the human form -initially in two dimensions principally in watercolour and in recent years in three dimensions in wax and bronze. Wax having some of the qualities of watercolour in its ephemerality and translucence.
Exhibitions
Hanover Fine Arts Gallery
The Scottish Storytelling Centre
Travelling Exhibition
‘A Scots Helicon’
An Exhibition of Nine Women Writers
exhibited in The Scottish Writers Museum
The opening of the Womens Library Glasgow,
Gracefields Arts Centre Dumfries
The Eden Court Centre Inverness
Wasps Patriothall Edinburgh
Peter Potter Gallery
The Malborough Gallery London
Centre di Arte i Natura Ferrara Catalonia
Wiscasset Bay Gallery Maine USA
The Royal Scottish society of Watercolour painters
The Scottish Society of Artists
The Royal Scottish society of Artists
Women in Art Fair London (2025)
Residencies
Hospitalfield House Arbroath
Centre di Arte i Natura Ferrara Catalonia
Member of the Scottish Society of Artists
Portrait of Val McDermid purchased by Kirkcaldy Art Gallery and Museum
Works in private collections
