Castle ruins can be so evocative


SixWordSaturday #6WS Working with images of castle ruins- still a work in progress- learning from mistakes in the process. Hoping for some successful outcomes!

Super excited about our upcoming exhibition………..


My research led me to an essay written by Freud examining a recurring memory of Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo is cited by Freud..

Letchworth Windows March 2021


This exhibition has been made possible by a collaboration of Artists at The Forge Digswell Arts and supported by the Broadway Gallery as part of the Letchworth Culture Project.

Back in the Print Studio


After a long break this year, in December I returned to The Forge Print Studio in Digswell. I must say I have thoroughly enjoyed working there again and especially loved seeing- at a distance- many colleagues and catching up with their work and plans for 2021. Still exploring the theme of time and place and …

Square Tops : Top Moments Goodbye April


Many disappointments one way and another for us all this year - but in the greater scheme of things a few top moments to celebrate. Goodbye April. and a time lapse of my top tulips! https://videopress.com/v/aHDqT2JO?preloadContent=metadata A planned exhibition to celebrate WGC100 'In Our Garden' postponed. Accepted for Derwent Art Prize Exhibition at Oxo Gallery …

March 16 POTD : Crowd


Crowd: a group of friends or a group of people with similar interests:

March 9 – Verdant: Photo of the day.

Verdant

I couldn't resist promoting our group exhibition 'In Our Garden' for today's challenge: Verdant. Living in a garden city it's all about open green space and well being. If only we were closer to the sea it would be utopia for me. April 3rd - May 16th 2020monotype - horse chestnut 1/1 Verdant

‘In Our Garden’ Exhibition at New Maynard Gallery


Artists from The Forge, Digswell, have created new work in celebration of 100 years of the founding of Welwyn Garden City. The exhibition, called ‘In Our Garden’ responds to the ethos of the garden city movement and its ideals of a better environment to work and live.

‘In Our Garden’ at New Maynard Gallery Welwyn April 2nd 2020


Digswell Artists are creating new work in response to Welwyn Garden City's Centenary. The group exhibition will be launched on April 2nd 2020 with a private view at 8pm at The New Maynard Gallery Campus West Welwyn Garden City. The exhibition continues until May 16th. The work I have created relates to my own garden, …

Printmakers Exhibition


I am hoping to be exhibiting with A Printmakers Exhibition from the Digswell Arts Trust Artists, past and present. To be held in the Fenners Gallery on the ground floor of the Fenners Studios. Free event. Saturday July 20th to Sunday July 28th 2019. 10am- 4pm. See our Event on Facebook

‘time lapse II’. Exhibition at Hertford House


time : the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present and future regarded as a whole (Oxford Dictionary) the measured or measurable period during which an action, process or condition exists or continues (Webster's Collegiate Dictionary) My preoccupation with the concept of time has led me to re examine my practice- viewing previous …

News for 2019


January 2019 marks the start of my practice at my new base in Dicker Mill Hertford. Several events are already on the calendar, kicking off with Thin Places revisited at Art Van Go Knebworth at the end of January 2019. Open Studio Events: I will be opening my studio for HVAF Open Studios in September …

Makers Market @themillhousehertford on Sunday November 18th


I am delighted to be taking part in this new event at The Mill House Hertford on Sunday November 18th. I will be offering a selection of small works in mixed media, photograms and mono prints, watercolours, cards and also my hand felted jewellery all at affordable prices. Hope to see you there 11am-4pm. Also …

Thin places : An exhibition of work with Gill Ayre and Caryl Beach


Thin Places: An exhibition of work by  Gill Ayre and Caryl Beach  The Wynd Gallery, The Wynd, Letchworth, Herts SG6 3EN Gallery Open Tuesday - Saturday 10-5. http://www.wyndgallery.co.uk 13th– 20thOctober 2018 Opens Saturday 13thOctober 2018, Private View 2 – 5pm Thin Places are places where the veil between the temporal and the spiritual worlds are tissue-thin, and …

Time and Tide sadly packed away for now……..


Just to thank you for coming along to Courtyard Arts and hope you enjoyed our exhibition 'time and tide' Cathy and I were delighted at how the work came together and the reaction we received from visitors. We already have some ideas for a future collaboration that have stemmed from our pebble project and the outcomes …

Open Studios @ The Forge Digswell 1st-3rd June 2018


Save the date! June 1-3 Press Release Digswell Arts Trust Open Studios  An exciting opportunity to get to know your local artist community, to meet practicing artists, visit their individual studio spaces and purchase affordable works of art The Forge, Hertford Road, Digswell, AL6 OBU Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 June 2018 11 – 4 …

Delighted to have work accepted for Courtyard Arts Open Exhibition


In addition to the work showing at The Women's Society in St Andrew's Street Hertford (as part of The Hertford Art Trail) I am delighted to have had work accepted in the Courtyard Arts Open Exhibition. Visit the gallery to view work by local artists from Tuesday April 10th. The work I submitted for the …

Happy New Year!


A new year with renewed expectations. As a visual artist I will limit my words to just wishing you all a wonderful new year that I hope  fulfils all of your hopes and aspirations. My word for the year : kindness.

Caryl Beach-Featured Artist of the Month – DIGSWELL ARTS


Source: Caryl Beach-Featured Artist of the Month – DIGSWELL ARTS

In love with the land scape


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Digswell Arts 60th Anniversary


The Digswell Arts Trust was founded in 1957 by Henry Morris, the revolutionary educationalist, and inaugurated by Lady Mountbatten on 29th May 1959. Morris was a great enthusiast for the arts, and had been appointed to the Ministry of Town and Country Planning to advise on the cultural and leisure arrangements in the recently designated …

The Forge Open Studios 2017- 60th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION


Press Release 60th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION The Forge Open Studios 2017 6th & 7th May  11am - 4 pm Digswell Arts, a thriving artists’ community based in the heart of Digswell on the site of the old forge, is opening its doors to the public for its 60th Anniversary Showcase which will include work by studio …

Work in progress February 2017


At last I have been able to return to the studio after a prolonged Christmas break...life gets in the way sometimes and although much of it is pleasurable there comes a time when I yearn to be back in my retreat at The Forge and creating again. I have re visited some canvasses and started …

Announcing a new Upcoming Workshop in Print and Stitch– with Sally Tyrie – @DIGSWELL ARTS


Announcing a new Upcoming Workshop in Print and Stitch The Forge Studios at Digswell near Welwyn will be the venue for a brand new two day Workshop in Print and Stitch. This workshop will be led by Sally Tyrie, whose own work incorporates many of the methods that will be covered on this 2 day course. …

Caryl Beach | Artwork | Saatchi Art


View Caryl Beach’s Artwork on Saatchi Art. Find art for sale at great prices from artists including Paintings, Photography, Sculpture, and Prints by Top Emerging Artists like Caryl Beach. Source: Caryl Beach | Artwork | Saatchi Art

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