Candy Bedworth

Candy's remote, rain soaked farmhouse clings to a steep-sided valley in rural Wales. She raises cats, chickens and children with varying degrees of success. Art, literature and Lakrids licorice save her sanity on a daily basis.

Stories By Candy Bedworth

Art Travels

Eleri Mills – A Deep Sense of Belonging

By Candy BedworthJanuary 16, 2020

The colour palette in Wales at the moment is one of muted browns, dour greys and mucky khaki. So what a perfect season to come across the work of Eleri Mills. Mills is one of the...
dailyart

Christmas Cards from Hell

By Candy BedworthDecember 24, 2019

As the postman brings you cheery season’s greetings from your nearest and dearest, let me guess what the images are on the front of your Christmas cards. Chubby robins? Jolly Santas? Snowy picturesque villages? And of...
Art History 101

Artist and Patron – Friend or Foe?

By Candy BedworthDecember 7, 2019

Since ancient times, patrons have played a vital role in art history. Patronage can be found almost everywhere – in Europe, feudal Japan and Southeast Asia. In fact anywhere a royal or imperial or aristocratic system...
dailyart

The Gift of Pomona – Pears in Art

By Candy BedworthNovember 11, 2019

Since ancient times the pear tree has been honoured as a sacred tree symbolising good health, happiness and prosperity. At this time of the year, farmers and growers are storing their precious harvest, laying down fruits...
Contemporary Art

Conversations with Naomi Frears

By Candy BedworthNovember 6, 2019

Naomi Frears is a visual artist and filmmaker based in the Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, UK. I was lucky enough to touch base with this incredible artist as her new exhibition begins at Beaux Arts,...
19th Century

Happy Days – the Landscapes of Peter de Wint

By Candy BedworthOctober 21, 2019

What do you think when you look at the image above? Most fans of Peter de Wint’s work see exquisite tranquillity and luminosity. That wide sky, the golden corn, the vast expanse of landscape beyond. Here...
20th century

Beatles and Biennales – the Life and Times of Robyn Denny

By Candy BedworthOctober 3, 2019

In a grim and conservative post-war Britain, Robyn Denny burst onto the art scene like a Holi festival colour bomb. He arrived at art school in London in 1951 just as British art was looking away...
Art State of Mind

Don’t Give Up the Day Job. Earn as an Artist

By Candy BedworthSeptember 30, 2019

Artists starving in garrets is an old cliché. In fact many famous artists were sensible enough to have a day job in order to pay the bills! Some of them seem perfectly sensible – Andy Warhol...
20th century

Henry Moore’s Sheep

By Candy BedworthSeptember 6, 2019

Henry Spencer Moore was an English sculptor and artist. His forms are usually abstract human figures, often depicting mother-and-child or reclining figures. His sculptures can be found across the world. Although his primary role was as a...
20th century

Dame Ethel Walker – A Sensitive Portrait

By Candy BedworthAugust 22, 2019

Summer is on her way out the door, signalled by darker nights and chilly mornings. But before we bid her farewell, let’s take a look at one more beach painting. The image above is Decoration: The...