Brochure - DeMontfort Fine Art

Raised
Raised in
in the
the historic
historic city
city of Cambridge, Anna was fortunate
fortunate enough
enough to
to
be
be surrounded
surrounded by
by some
some beautiful
beautiful and fascinating scenery
scenery which
which inspired
inspired
her
her from
from an
an early
early age.
age. Growing
Growing up with an artist for a mother
mother encouraged
encouraged
her
her to
to explore
explore various
various avenues
avenues of her creativity before
before finally
finally settling
settling on
on
her
her distinctive
distinctive style,
style, and after finishing her degree
degree at
at the
the University
University of
of
York
York she
she decided
decided to pursue a career as an artist.
artist.
Influenced
Influenced by
by her
her mother,
artist mother
artist, from
from aa young
young age,
age, Anna
Anna gradually
gradually
began
began to
to develop
develop aa creative
creative response to her surroundings.
surroundings. Works
Works from
from
impressionist
impressionist masters
masters such as Turner and Matisse, the
the expressive
expressive style
style
and
and vivid
vivid palette
palette of
of Joanne
Joanne Corno,
Corno, and David Downton’s effortless
effortless
fashion
fashion illustrations
illustrations also helped her to find her unique
unique style
style and
and to
to
balance
balance the
the concepts
concepts of
of free
free expression with the
the more
more formal
formal elements
elements
of composition and line.
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Anna’s
landscape capture
capturethe
thebeauty
beautyand
and
Anna’screative
creative reconstructions
reconstructions of the landscape
dynamism
bathed by
by vivid
vivid sunsets.
sunsets.ItItisisthe
the
dynamismof
of stunning
stunning harbour
harbour locations bathed
grouping
of
colours
in
a
scene
that
initially
attracts
her
and
this
visual
grouping of colours in a scene that
attracts her and this visual
harmony
in response.
response. Each
Eachvibrant
vibrant
harmonycompels
compels her
her to
to create
create her own image in
piece
portrays
the
energy
and
emotion
of
the
environment
with
what
the
piece portrays the energy
the environment with what the
artistdescribes
describes as
as “exploding
“exploding skies” which release
artist
release aa whole
whole spectrum
spectrumofof
radiant and dramatic colours.
radiant
colours.
Annaisisaaspontaneous
spontaneous and
and energetic painter
Anna
painter and
and her
her modus
modus operandi
operandi
impactson
on the
the lively
lively nature
nature of her finished work.
impacts
work. She
She paints
paints intuitively,
intuitively,
using
array
of tools
including
brushes,
sponges,palette
paletteknives
knivesand
using
an an
array
of tools
including
brushes,
sponges,
even her
hands,her
letting
her take
instinct
take
has become
even and
her hands,
letting
instinct
over.
Sheover.
has She
become
increasingly
increasingly
to oils
asmedium,
her main spending
medium, spending
a great
deal
dedicated dedicated
to oils as her
main
a great deal
of time
of timehow
learning
how theyand
behave
and
can be manipulated.
mix
learning
they behave
can be
manipulated.
She doesShe
mixdoes
her media
her
to ausing
degree,
using
spray
paint, acrylic
metallicpaints
acrylicand
paints
inks
to amedia
degree,
spray
paint,
metallic
inksand
to add
to add
interest
and
texture
to
some
of
her
works.
interest and texture to some of her works.
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