We have been shocked and deeply saddened by the devastating news of the sudden loss on 14th November 2025 of Toni Carver, a very dear friend and the Proprietor and Editor of the St. Ives Times & Echo.  Toni was our go-to point of contact in St. Ives, (Cornwall) where Sven Berlin spent so many years and made his name in the art world. Championing not only Sven and his work, Toni played a vital role in promoting the St. Ives art colony, through the unique publication that was t

The autumn mushrooms were in abundance below the beech trees. Sven's well-observed oil painting captures the damp mossy habitat.

Today (14th September) is Sven Berlin's birthday. He was born in 1911.

Just finished reading Matilda Webb's wonderful and definitive book on Alfred Wallis. a tour de force of 530 pages which took eight years to write. Couldn't put it down!

I was reminded of Sven's connections with Veterans of WW2 this week when I gave a talk for the members of the British Legion in Bartley,...

As in all military operations there were times of stillness and boredom. Sven filled them with writing and sketching, resulting in letters to the art critic Adrian Stokes that would form the basis of his book I am Lazarus and more than sixty pen and ink and pencil drawings...

We need your voice! Save Sven's Tower...

And yes, you did come along! Thank you for being such a lovely audience - old friends and new. Some remembering Sven and his time in the...

Sven Berlin would often write down inspirational little notes... from poetry or philosophy