Carlton’s images are inspired by scenes from within his local surrounds, particularly the gardens, landscapes and historic properties of the Tasmanian northern midlands region. Carlton is also visiting other states on a regular basis and as a result new and exciting imagery is coming into his work from a composition and colour point of view.

Linocut is mostly uses the traditional technique of linocut, which evolved in the early 1900s from the age old art of woodblock printing. Linocut generally produces a bold image with the use of rich oil based inks that are layered to create a picture from individually hand carved blocks, one for every colour.