Artist of the Month is a feature that introduces artists from around the world to the Herault.

Full articles can be read by subscribing to the hard print magazine L'Artiste.

 

February


Carol Acworth

 

 My childhood was in the war years, and after a haphazard and inadequate education due to ill health, and a brief career in photography, I married a clergyman and an academic (and have been learning ever since).
 Renovating houses, (the shape around us!) occupied much of my working life, but now real sculpture, nearly always figurative, occupies more time and is dominated by my fascination with the dilemma of life, we humans and how we tick, and how we relate to one another.
 My work is to be found in many homes in England, Scotland and Wales, Kuwait, Singapore, Italy, France, New Zealand and the United States. Commissions include a Madonna and Child in Oak, for St Peters Church, Petersfield, and a bust of John Bowen, who donated his garden in Petersfield to the Hampshire Gardens Trust, for the people of Petersfield.
 Other works in public places include Petersfield Hospital, and King Edward School Witley.

 

 www.carolacworthsculpture.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November

 

David Goldberg

David Goldberg lives in Dublin, Ireland.

He has exhibited in countries as far afield as Ireland, Germany and the USA and is in many Corporate collections including the Bank of Ireland, Hastings Hotel Group and the Incorporated Law Society.

I meet with the Irish artist David Goldberg in France, not Ireland.

David has taken the opportunity to take up an artist in residence opportunity with other artists at 'Les Vendemiares', a gathering of international artists based in St Mathieu De Treviers, France.

David Goldberg is a quiet reflective man.

We talk about coming to France and how he and his wife are enjoying immensely being here although the thought of speaking to his peers and selected few is not high on his list of 'must do' items.

David began his artistic endeavours at the age of nine. As a small boy he was dropped off at the home of Maud Bennett, a lady who lived in a house with real fires and the comfortable feel of a home full of wonderment.

These were not dedicated art lessons, more an initiation into the feeling and the joy of expressing yourself on paper led by a lady and setting that could allow a young boys imagination to blossom in gorgeous surroundings.

 

As with many artists David has had to share his art in his younger years with earning an income.

This article can be read in full in the December issue of L'Artiste Magazine

 

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