Observing and recording the everyday, the landscape changing constantly, my journeys through each day present new experiences for me to note and capture: moving images; macro images; moments in time. All inspiring me to reiterate through my work, using video, photograpy, painting and print.
A stimulating few days spent at Porthmeor Studios in St Ives exploring ‘chance into abstraction’
Out of the comfort zone and free to take a chance approach to composition and use of colour (for me) was liberating to say the least.
Using ink on newsprint to start the process, quick mark making with as little thought as possible to the outcomes produced some interesting images.
Tear and scatter the paper, rip into squares and randomly re arrange – no cheating by shuffling the pieces into line or colour pairings.
Using these random outcomes to feed into the next stage.
Now on the studio wall waiting to inspire new works……………
Open Day at Digswell Arts Trust Studios Digswell Herts AL6 0BU
Sunday May 5th 2013
11am-4pm
The Digswell Arts Trust is an innovative charity that for over fifty years has focused on artists in the early phase of their careers. Through our studios in Letchworth, Stevenage and Welwyn, we provide studios for approximately forty emerging artists, whom we call Fellows.
But we’re not just a studio provider; we are an incubation platform for emerging artists. The first years of attempting to make a living from their art are challenging, and often involve developing a wider set of skills outside of their art practice. In addition, their art practice must also continue to develop.
Digswell Fellows experience a collaborative and supporting environment that offers for a three – five year period, the space to experiment and innovate within a creative community of other Fellows that are developing both their art practice and their wider commercial skills.
The Digswell Arts Trust has a long tradition of artists working in the community, derived from the early vision of our founder, the educationalist Henry Morris, who believed passionately in art for people, and maintained that artists were vital for the well-being of society.
The Trust has a committed administration, that both cares and understands how artists minds work. We strive to maintain the correct balance between the expectations of what Fellows have committed to do and understanding that occasionally individuals may need time to flourish.
for more information about The Trust -visit:http://digswellartstrust.com/studios/
Caryl’s current focus is time lapse video, print making and photography. time: the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present and future regarded as a whole (Oxford Dictionary) Her preoccupation with the concept of time has led her to re-examine her practice- viewing previous work from a different perspective. Now the horizon lines and series of moving images, tree lines and hedgerows, tides and waves, seem to mark time. This is a continuing investigation. For many years, she has documented her experiences in the landscape, which have evolved into a visual diary, a journal, which records and reflects everyday journeys. Travelling pathways often familiar and occasionally unknown, her work acknowledges an appreciation and acceptance of the transient nature of our world and its simple integrity, with a beauty that lies in imperfection and impermanence. Caryl graduated from University of Hertfordshire in 2009 attaining an MA in Fine and Applied Art. Awarded best video prize from Elstree Heritage in 2012 at Eastern Approaches Open Exhibition. She is a former fellow of Digswell Arts located at The Forge Digswell Hertfordshire where she is now a Trustee and print group member. Caryl is a member of The Wynd Artists Gallery Cooperative located at The Wynd in Letchworth Hertfordshire. Caryl's Studio is located at Dicker Mill Hertford where she will be opening her studio to visitors during HVA Open Studios in September 2019.
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