Acylic painting by Beryl Fenton

A street shopping scene , which I suggest maybe the Pantils at Tunbridge-wells Beryl Fenton was born in 1926 in Aldbrourne, Wiltshire, and variously worked as an actress (Reading Rep), in wartime offices, and at home ‘writing small poems and painting small pictures’. A Sussex Artist . Her paintings have been widely exhibited, including at the Royal Academy of Art.

Of her equally widely anthologized poems, one, for instance, was broadcast as the winning entry for Radio 3’s The Verb Competition in 2004, chosen by Mario Petrucci. Another was selected by Andrew Motion for the Stroke Association’s Bluenose event; another was broadcast by Lavinia Greenlaw.

It was only recently that the painter, and sometime actor Beryl Fenton, found her poetry recognised. In 2008, came the publication of her collection Dandy Lady, where she displayed an unflinching but tender irony. With front cover by husband S Fenton RI