In 1995 Carrolleannea had her first solo exhibition in Nairobi Kenya. Exhibiting her African wildlife pencil drawings, which were a huge success During this early part of Carrolleanneas career, she developed a brilliant reputation with her mastery of the graphite pencil. Moving from Kenya to Tanzania, gave Carrolleannea an opportunity to discover such African wild places as the Serengeti, Ngorngoro Crater and the Masai Mara which fired her imagination even more.
Safaris into the bush became a regular occurrence and armed with her tent, camera and truck she would head out alone for days capturing the wildlife and the feeling of the African bush. During her time in Tanzania Carrolleannea made her first trip to America to exhibit at the world renown Safari Club International Convention, her success there began a long association with Safari Club International which continues on today.
Leaving Tanzania and returning to Kenya, Carrolleannea set up her studio on the coast, her sanctuary as she calls it. As the interest in wildlife art continued to grow Carrolleannea was to have a conversation with her sister which was to change her direction yet again. Had this conversation not taken place and the time not been right for a change then she might have spent the remainder of her career drawing in pencil. Her sister suggested that the use of colour in her work, would give her more freedom and her art more life.
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