Nonna Caterina Suppers
24th May – 3rd June
Delicious Italian suppers every evening during the Festival from 5–9pm
Julie Cooper
3rd - 31st March
After working as a stained glass artist for a few years, Julie Cooper studied Fine Art (BA Hons) at St. Albans School of Art, now the University of Hertfordshire.
She lives in Herefordshire on the Welsh borders.
Charles MacCarthy
Charles MacCarthy trained at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts (Dip. AD) and Brighton Polytechnic (Art Teachers' Certificate). After a period of teaching and working as an auxiliary nurse, he was awarded a major bursary by Southern Arts which enabled him to paint full time.
Initially painting landscape, he gradually abandoned this in order to paint more intimate subjects in a domestic setting. Through still lifes and interiors he tries to evoke in paint both the objects and the atmosphere of his everyday surroundings. Working slowly with muted tones and simplified compositions, stillness and calm predominate.
In 1986 he moved to Herefordshire where as well as exhibiting regularly he has curated a number of religiously themed exhibitions. He also exhibits in London with the Piers Feetham Gallery. In 2015 he was given a solo exhibition in Louisville, Kentucky as part of the Thomas Merton centenary celebrations.