As an emerging, multidisciplinary artist I use my practice to explore the fascination I have with energy; from the physical, the emotional and the metaphysical. This interest comes from the stance of a disabled person living with an energy limiting illness. Forced to spend most of my time in solitude due to symptoms means a removal from the intensity of modern urban life. This translates to the accessing of a different time, space and rhythm from the outside world.



The pieces capture the marks of ephemeral entities, energies and the otherworldly. Each material used has a distinctive spirit and expression. The works are often layered and intricate but always pulling from intuition and unseen familial forces ritually connected with. Automatism is the process I use and In today's dynamic art scene it stands out for its ability to consistently transcend artistic trends. The technique, which harnesses spontaneous, unfiltered expression captured from the unseen, connects viewers to the subconscious mind, creating a bridge between the personal and the collective unconscious. This approach parallels the transcendental nature of allowing ourselves to accept the totality of human experience.



Due to my lived experience as a disabled woman and self-taught artist, this has created another facet of artistic interest in producing socially driven work. This involves exploring a research-led practice with disabled, deaf, visually impaired and neurodivergent creatives to explore innovative new ways of embedding access at the inception of creation.  Awarded a DYCP by Arts Council, England in 2022/23, which was support for a period of R&D exploring the melding of physical and digital techniques. Researching the lack of accessibility in digital installations whilst developing the subtle embedding of accessibility via projection and audio-less, pressure wave soundscapes. In 2026 I was awarded an Arts Council, England Project Grant to take this body of work into production phase. 






I have many artistic loves; Leonara Carrington, Ithell Colquhoun, Guo Fengyi, Madge Gill, Georgiana Houghton, Wangechi Mutu, Christine Selafosha, Cath Garrigue and Remedios Varo are among the most captivating. 

With work held in numerous international collections. 

Publication 'Rethinking Outsider Art in the Digital Age. An Overview of Cara Macwilliam's Artisitic Practice by Dr Isil Celik. Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-psychiatric-sciences/article/rethinking-outsider-art-in-the-digital-age-an-overview-of-cara-macwilliams-artistic-practice/2F922BDDF942066FE06717DE0F1AEB7B

Contact: caramac22@hotmail.com

Represented by Jennifer Lauren Gallery  & Cavin-morris
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