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Anne Houghton - Painter & Printmaker (Hitchin)

Contact Anne Houghton

Phone: 01438 871234
email: annehoughton@onetel.com

Artist's statement:
I am primarily a painter and printmaker as well as making collages and freely hanging works using a mix of papers and fabrics. Texture plays an important role in my work.

The written word interests me and I often incorporate script into my work. Both my prints and canvases have a recurring motif of ceramic vessels which I research here and abroad. The simple lines of a utilitarian object appeals to me not only for its beauty but also because of the symbolism it evokes which to me is femininity, a womb.

Depicting a subjective experience and the emotion generated is what I aim to express. An intense feeling which could be shocking or delightful fires my imagination and inspires.

Awards & prizes:
Third Prize Artshed Open exhibition 2007.

Commissions:
* Canvas similar to on the client saw at a Breast Cancer charity exhibition - May 2007;
* Watercolour of the client's garden - June 2006.

Exhibitions:
* Artshed - May 2008;
* Kimpton Festival - May 2008;
* Gravelly Barn, Braughing - May 2008;
* Insideout Gallery, Hertford - May-June 2008;
* Beale's Hotel, permanently on show.

Qualifications:
* BA Hons Fine Art, University of Hertfordshire 2007.

Art form used: Painting on canvas with oil and acrylic, ink, charcoal. Mixed media collage.

A member of the Herts Visual Arts Forum.