Recent Projects

2019: The Book. ‘The Rainbow Ribbon Way’. 2017: The White Horses Ride: A Vision Quest for Peace. 2015: My Rainbow Ribbon Ride: Mapping Emotional Landscapes. 2014: A Healing Chakra Walk on the Mount. For the past 5 years, I have been working on projects concerned with the process and practice of pilgrimage. This has not…

Commissions

Subjects suitable for commissions: Dogs and Horses; Book Jacket, Catalogue Covers, CD’s, Mugs; Posters, Business Cards, Post Cards; ‘Memory’ Pieces & ‘Special Places’ Landscapes. Scroll down to find examples of any of the above. All the images on this website are the artist’s own work (unless otherwise stated) and have been gathered from the extensive…

Art Courses

Caro Woods MA ‘Contemporary Visual Practice’, 2003, Falmouth College of Art. See below for: Portfolio Surgeries. Private Tutorials. ‘Walk & Draw’ Course at Marlborough College Summer School, 2019. Learn to Paint in Watercolours, ‘taster’ sessions. Portfolio Surgeries. Caro is available for one-to-one art portfolio assessments. Suitable for students preparing for interview to attend art school…

The Book: the journey to publication, *1.

By: Caro Woods February 11, 2019

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The first 15,000 words of ‘The Rainbow Ribbon Way’ have gone off to The Literary Consultancy (Manuscript Assessment and Editorial Advice) for its first edit. This has only been possible thanks to a ‘Free Read’ scheme offered by Literature Works, a charity that helps ‘support creative writing and the development of writers and readers of…

Instagram

By: Caro Woods September 25, 2018January 31, 2019

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It’s taken a few years but finally I am embracing the phenomenon that is Instagram! https://www.carowoods.pilgrimartist My first post was a ‘trial’ photo of my whippet, Tami, and there it languished in solitary confinement for 4 years until September this year. Then I began to post a few pictures of what I was getting up…

How to unlock the magic of the everyday

By: Caro Woods March 13, 2018January 31, 2019

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‘I love autumn and winter more. Something opens up in me then – something soft and deep and glowing – which is far too shy to expose itself to the inexhaustible light of summer.’ Sharon Blackie, The Enchanted Life.

Book of Poetry

By: Caro Woods February 10, 2018January 31, 2019

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I got a lovely surprise the other day when this book of poetry arrived in the post. Emily Benton from The School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia had been trawling through some images on line in search of something to put on the front cover for their current…

black & white

By: Caro Woods February 10, 2018January 31, 2019

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The result of a recent Facebook challenge.

Catch Up

By: Caro Woods February 5, 2018January 31, 2019

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I’ve just spent some time updating this blog. When I last published a post on here, we were also deep in the midst of winter. That was the winter of 2015, since which time I have continued blogging but on new sites set up to highlight my subsequent projects. Also, a running commentary on Facebook.…

A Frozen Serenity

By: Caro Woods January 16, 2015January 31, 2019

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For more Serenity pictures, here…..or follow this link to my other blog, pilgrimonhorseback.com, to see more frosty photos.

My Nativity, a Soapy Opera

By: Caro Woods December 13, 2014January 31, 2019

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I remember my father saying that before I was conceived I was just the twinkle in his eye. So its true then, we really are created out of star dust? Recently, I decided to record the experience of going through a car-wash. I am mesmerised as miles of accumulated grime is scuffed and rinsed away.…

Candy Stripes and Winter Blues

By: Caro Woods November 28, 2014February 1, 2019

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Tammie and I found ourselves on a deserted beach at West Wittering, one rather cold and wet day this week. This punctuated orange triangle stood out from the crowd We dried ourselves out and warmed ourselves up in the pub afterwards Then I found this in my bedroom. For other Converge posts, this weeks’ photo…

Hubble and Bubble and Remembering Loved Ones

By: Caro Woods November 1, 2014February 1, 2019

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I keep seeing frogs. Live ones and even a dead one. Could this mean I’m about to find my Prince Charming? Unlikely. Only the other day I rescued this little beauty that had fallen into a bucket of water. What could be more appropriate as a Halloween animal spirit? As we all know, many a…