"A Walk In The Park" Book

"A Walk In The Park" Book, a photo by caroline havers on Flickr.

A Walk In The Park 2011 Solo Show London

A Walk In The Park 2011, a set on Flickr.

A Walk In The Park
Love Letters On Linen

Caroline Havers’ paintings have always revolved around capturing nature and celebrating it. She is inspired and touched by nature’s beauty as well as its vulnerability, structure, ferociousness and the pure pleasure it emanates; nature as a metaphor of life. Caroline translates these feelings and impressions into love letters on linen.

Looking back at her work over the last years you see her gradually zooming out.
From painting the very details of plants, flowers and animals via the exploration of ponds to more broader landscapes.

This shift of perspective into landscapes is still being fed by an interest and knowledge of plants, trees, flora and fauna. To think and ponder about the way landscape affects people and their behavior is also intriguing. Park landscapes form a bridge between nature and culture, between towns and countryside, between urban and rural areas. They preserve a sense of the natural world, while undergoing influences of the city.

Her latest series of paintings, A Walk In The Park (2011), has been inspired by daily walks in London’s Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park.

In the AWITP series the bodies of water do still play an important role. Both the Serpentine in Hyde Park morphing into the Long Water in Kensington Gardens and the Round Pond define the layout of the two parks.
Both ponds direct the course of most of the walks in the park too. Without a look at the changing scenery caused by the movements in the water a walk is not complete and thus not satisfying at all.

The subjects of the fourteen paintings in this series travel back and forth between the numerous uses the parks have to offer. There is the possibility to truly enjoy the phenomenon of nature, experiencing the different seasons as well as participating in cultural and sporting events and much more. Hence titles such as “Close To Vernal Equinox”, “Carousel In The Park” and “Triathlon Serpentine”.

Not only does this series introduce the landscape as a new perspective in her work, it also shows the evolution in Caroline’s language as a painter. Whilst holding on to her luscious and vibrant use of color, the liberties in paint application and development of her abstract lexicon allow her more freedom to express herself.
Boundaries disappear.

London, September 2011

Bite sizes of a new painting

The Day The Kids Left Home (diptych)

Acrylics on linen
31.5x47.25 inch inch 80x120 cm

AAF The Affordable Art Fair 28-31 October 2010 Amsterdam the Netherlands. You can find my work at booth G4 presented by Rudolfv Gallery Amsterdam.

AAF The Affordable Art Fair 28-31 October 2010 Amsterdam the Netherlands. You can find my work at booth G4 presented by Rudolfv Gallery Amsterdam.
Originally uploaded by caroline havers

T.O.S. #12 (Nocturnal)

T.O.S. #12 (Nocturnal)




mixed media on 120x120 cm (47.25x47.25 inch) gessoed 300gsm SaundersWaterford watercolor paper
It has been years of painting and not using black to be honest.
I am brave,this has lots of Paynes Grey in it as welll as Bone black. The bone black has a nice brown undertone. This brings back all kind of memories making etchings.

What meaning does doing art have for you?

What meaning does doing art has for you?
Why do you show up in your studio and pick up your brushes day after day?
Katherine Treffinger is asking this questions on her blog Treffinger Daily.
Last week she asked me that question and I was more than happy to
write a reply, so here is my contribution on her blog.

Taste of Summer #11 (Go for It)

Taste of Summer #11 (Go for It)
acrylics on 120x120 cm (47.25x47.25 inch)
gessoed 300gsm SaundersWaterford watercolor paper

Taste of Summer #10 (Midsummer Night)

Taste of Summer #10 (Midsummer Night)
acrylics on 120x120 cm (47.25x47.25 inch)
gessoed 300gsm SaundersWaterford watercolor paper

Taste of Summer #9 (Bouquet de Roses)

Taste of Summer #9 (Bouquet de Roses)
acrylics on 120x120 cm (47.25x47.25 inch)
gessoed 300gsm SaundersWaterford watercolor paper

Taste of Summer #8 (early summer in Delft blue)

mixed media on 120x120 cm (47.25x47.25 inch)
gessoed 300gsm SaundersWaterford watercolor paper

About The Taste of Summer series

Indulging in massive use of color, traveling South, celebrate life, easy living, freedom, island feel.......
It's my very personal feel of summer, a journey.
The plan is : There's no plan
Just wait and see where this journey takes me

It's hot outside, to create an even more summer's feel
in my studio itself, I came up with the following contraption.
It's there since the start of the series, while making #1.
I painted a large, rather huge canvas in my studio with all the yellow
hues and shades I can imagine, and occasionally adding on to it.
Directly to the right of where I am making my series; it has an immediate influence.


Everything you can expect around a Summer's Solstice.
It is a Taste of Summer right when you enter the studio,
Here's a picture of my mood maker.

Taste of Summer #6 (morning run)

mixed media on 120x120 cm (47.25x47.25 inch)
gessoed 300gsm SaundersWaterford watercolor paper

Taste of Summer #6 (eat your greens)

mixed media on 120x120 cm (47.25x47.25 inch)
gessoed 300gsm SaundersWaterford watercolor paper

Taste of Summer #5

acrylics on 120x120 cm (47.25x47.25 inch)
gessoed 300gsm SaundersWaterford watercolor paper