12 Months in Essex

Take a walk with artist Simon Carter and his son, Noah
1 August, 2026
12 Months in Essex
 
In 2022 Noah started to meet once a month with his father, Simon, to record how his work emerges. They met at 7am at Beaumont Quay, Essex, filming in the landscape from which Simon draws and then later in the studio, back in Frinton. They set up the cameras each day and left them running, observing Simon’s working practice and the digressions of studio life.

 

Here is a trailer of the film

Soundtrack by Karl Bielik, artist, director of Terrace Gallery and founder of the band Lark.

 

You can buy your copy of the film from the Carter SHOP
 

 MORE WORKS AVAILABLE BY SIMON CARTER IN OUR ONLINE SHOWROOM

 
 
Noah Carter
Filmmaker and painter
Noah Carter (b. Essex, 1992) is a filmmaker and artist based in Wivenhoe, UK. He studied Architecture at University of Kent (2010-16). In 2018 he started a film production company which specialises in producing short documentary films about the visual arts.
He began exhibiting his own paintings in 2020 and was selected for the Royal Watercolour Society Open 2023. He won the RWS Young Artist Award and became a Guest member of the Royal Watercolour Society.

Noah Carter Studio  /  WEBSITE / INSTAGRAM
 

Ruth Carter
Jeweller, artist and maker
Ruth Carter’s work is inspired by the landscape and coast of North East Essex and is exhibited in shops and galleries across East Anglia. 
Her jewellery features handmade glass and polymer clay beads. She makes watercolours and hand-painted silk scarves, often depicting native insects or flowers cut from the garden, and her papier-mâché sculptures are life-sized representations of British birds found in the garden or the local rivers and estuaries. 

Ruth Carter  /  WEBSITE / INSTAGRAM

About the author

Paul Vater, Director of Contemporary and Country

Paul Vater

PAUL VATER
Paul conducts studio visits to maintain strong relationships with artists, designers and craftspeople who show their work with us. He manages the main C&C website and has developed the online shop where selected works are presented for sale.

 

Paul established his design company, Sugarfree, in 1990 and quickly gained a reputation for delivering fresh, effective marketing campaigns and brand identities for clients including Save the Children Fund, United Nations Association and UNHCR. Over the years those added to the roster include IPC Magazines, Arts Council England, The Roundhouse, Barbican Centre, Arts Marketing Association, Look Ahead Housing and Care, Paddington Waterside, BBC Worldwide, Commonwealth Foundation, Prestel, City of London Corporation, Baker Street Quarter, Victoria BID and the University of East Anglia.