Recent Projects

“A pilgrim is someone who sees life as a sacred journey, who sees the earth as a sacred home, who sees the universe as a process” Satish Kumar. My Recent Projects: For the past 9 years, I have been working on projects concerned with the process and practice of pilgrimage. This has not just been…

Commissions

Subjects suitable for commissions: Scroll down to find examples of any of the above. In reality, any subject might be considered. All the images on this website are the artist’s own work (unless otherwise stated) and have been gathered from the extensive media library from previous blog posts here on this website. (Many more recent…

Art Courses

A New course planned for Marlborough College Summer School, 2023 Post Cards from A Sacred Place: Exploring Abstraction and Spirituality. Course Number 29 Dates: 17 – 21 July, 2023 Tutor: Caro Woods MA This is a painting course with a difference. It combines artistic expression with spiritual practices. Learn how to open up new possibilities…

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…

Pointing the Way

Signs. The subject for this weeks WordPress photo challenge. All these photos were taken over the course of my week-long reconnoitre trip up to the Holy island of Lindisfarne during Michaelmas last week. (see also Pilgrim on Horseback for the back story). Click on any of the photos if you wish to read the messages…

Allowing Silence to Speak

By: Caro Woods September 20, 2014

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Inspired by this: It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice…