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Anna Phelps - Painter (St Albans)

Contact Anna Phelps

email: mail@annaphelps.co.uk

Web pages: www.annaphelps.co.uk

Artist's statement:
I paint primarily from memory and imagination in order to create paintings that are as honest and personal as possible. I have returned to creating art in a way not unlike as I did as a child in recent years; I do not mean self-conscious stylistic simplification as I am not setting myself up as a 'naive' artist, but as free from influence of other art and fashions in art as possible. Memory and imagination and the personal interpretation of these, is what fascinates me most. My technique is not dissimilar to how medieval artists worked, with a lack of concern for accuracy or painting from life, but with iconic use of visual vocabulary and an importance given to the finish and detail of the work. My work loosely centres on the theme of the artificial world - to me, art is all about escapism and the ability to create highly personal and therefore original and magical interpretations of the world.

Exhibitions:
* Guerilla Galleries, St Albans Festival - May 2008;
* Mixed summer exhibition, Cambridge Contemporary Art - Jul-Aug 2007;
* Solo Exhibition, Cambridge Contemporary Art - May 2006;
* Invited Artist, Mall Galleries Discerning Eye Exhibition, London - Dec 2005;
* Mixed summer & winter exhibitions, Cambridge Contemporary Art - 2004-2005;
* Solo Show at the Signature Gallery, Swansea - 2005.

Qualifications:
* A-Level Art & Design:
* B-TEC Foundation Level Art & Design;
* BA Hons, University of York.

Publications:
Featured artist in 'Artists & Illustrators' magazine - July 2005.

Member of the Herts Visual Arts Forum.