COMING FROM a fine-art background, Charles’ art studio is central to his work as a silhouettist. Without the endless drawing , painting and paper cutting , the silhouettes could not exist. Mays Barn is his physical studio at his home in Berkshire. It’s the setting for all bis silhouette research and provides the opening scenes in Silhouette Secrets.

Once a year the Mays Barn Studio is opened to the public as part of the Caversham Arts Trail.
Studio Projects
These articles describe a variety of recent artistic projects, all of which can be seen in the galleries.
WITH LOCKDOWN measures about to ease I’m pleased to announce Lockdown Paper Cuttings, my upcoming open studio exhibition.
MY 2020 STUDIO CATALOGUE has now been launched, featuring paintings and drawings from last year. For me, 2019 was an interesting year. It started with a much-needed and long-overdue studio clearout, in which I simply got …
MAY IS HERE, so I’m opening Mays Barn to exhibit a new series of silhouette paintings and prints. Should I invite Theresa May?
YESTERDAY I spent the whole day recycling art……or at least preparing to. Can you give a painting or two a new home?
DOWNLOAD my 2019 art catalogue. I’m happy to announce that my studio catalogue for 2019 has now been launched and you can download it here.
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At the start of …
ONCE A YEAR I become a cat. Well, it’s an acronym, of course. CAT stands for Caversham Arts Trail, which is the annual open-studio event for artists based in Caversham. The Caversham Arts Trail takes place …