About Carolyn Hammond
Carolyn Hammond is a UK-based artist working at the intersection of portraiture and abstraction – creating pieces that hold more than what’s visible at first glance. Her work invites slow looking: emotion, symbolism and hidden detail reveal themselves over time. She is also the author of The Power of What Remembers Us, and the creator of Trusted Loops – a framework exploring ethical, relational system design.
What I Make
Portraits with soul – expressive, layered portraits that balance likeness with something deeper.
Abstract Botanical Art – vibrant works where nature becomes a language: colour, form and feeling.
Wearable Art (Creative Couture) – limited-run designs that translate artwork into clothing – self-expression you get to live in.
Writing – essays and books on creativity, presence, memory and the future of human-AI connection.
My practice often begins in the sketchbook, between observation and questions – before the work knows what it intends to become.
Much of my work begins between observation, writing and mark-making – before it knows what it’s becoming.
Mixed media is how I work – ink, paint, sketch and digital layers – until something new appears.
It’s the thread running through my art, my collaborations and the stories I tell. If you’d like to commission a piece, I’d love to hear what you’re imagining.
Let’s make something together – contact me.
