Australian Women Artists
The Podcast
Ep 56. Caroline Walls
Today on the podcast I’m very excited to be joined by Melbourne based contemporary artist Caroline Walls.
Caroline’s work explores the emotional lives of women through really bold but pared-back forms, and it centres on the female body, intimacy and ‘the emotional texture of everyday life’. Her paintings, drawings and sculptures sit between abstraction and figuration and the figures, at first glance appear to be simple flowing lines and rich, earthy tones. But her work makes you stop, look and... feel.
It’s quite extraordinary how her paintings exude such an intimacy through their pared back images.
She has a background in design and spent years living between London and New York. That period exposed her to elements that would later surface in her own studio work through bold silhouettes and controlled colour.
She made the enormous decision to return to Australia to undertake studies at the Victorian College of Arts...which brought immediate recognition and changed the course of her life’s journey.
It’s a really interesting discussion about how her practice has evolved and how her experiences as an Australian woman and mother shape the images she now creates.
Caroline has an exhibition 'She Once Was'which runs tillMarch 7, 2026 at Olsen Annexe, Sydney, Australia. Make sure you have a look if you’re in Sydney and you’ll see firsthand what we’re talking about in this conversation.
To hear our conversation, head to the link in my bio or wherever you find your podcasts.
To see some of her works you can also head to her website:
Caroline’s solo exhibition can be seen @olsen_gallery @olsen_annexe
Images supplied by artist
1 & 2 CW
3 All Day Long
4 Seasons
5 To Know What to Say
6 Into Your Arms
7 Are You With Me Now
8 Keeping Time
9 She Once Was
