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 the St. Ives Times...

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.