Welcome to my Wild at Heart Studio…
I am a painter living in rural Lincolnshire. My workplace is a timber cabin in my wild garden.
The actual process of making art is what appeals to me. Most of the time my paintings simply evolve as I move the paint around.
My larger paintings are about shape, line and colour. Some focus on organic shapes…others have line and geometry. My aim is to make a work with simplicity of content with some space to rest and contemplate what it means to me.
My work can also be influenced by my mood as some days I want to focus on a ‘sense of place’. This which might be an element of nature or even a place in my mind…drawing from personal feelings old and new before or during the painting process. Always there is a need for abstraction, a step away from reality as I am not a ‘realist’ painter. Most of these paintings are small and on paper.
MY PAINTING JOURNEY…using oils or acrylics
I love working with paint and the process of moving it around to make marks gives me enormous pleasure. My canvases or panels are the main supports but I also work with paper. These works become ‘friends’ and I keep them around me in my home.
The painting emerges from making intuitive shapes and one shape can inspire the forming of another. The early stages of a painting are often the most exciting for me…that raw image without overworking or planning. Sometimes I will leave the work to stand as it is.
In other pieces I will aim for rich evocative surfaces made by layers of paint to bring a glow and depth to the painting. They can be excavated in parts with scraping tools to reveal the under painting, then finished with glazes of transparent paint. This work can go on a journey over days, weeks or even years as I will often return to a piece to rework it. The process of destruction is part of making something new and creating a painting journey.
For a long time I have found it difficult to answer the question….”oh you paint pictures, what sort?” I don’t paint pretty pictures and I am not a realist painter. My paintings do tell a story so narrative would fit and they leave a lot to the viewer’s imagination so ‘narrative abstractions’ will do.
Sometimes I loosely paint a landscape although it won’t be anywhere specific. Rather, I draw on memories of wild places, shorelines, hedgerows or moorland. Other images can suggest urban shapes and skylines. I try to keep it simple with minimum detail.
My paintings alternate between oils and acrylics as I am happy to work in both mediums. Sizes too are varied from tiny pieces on paper for making cards and larger canvases for more abstract work.
Some of my paintings are for sale. If you are interested in owning a piece of my art, please email me and we can arrange a meeting at my studio. I can be contacted on:
annewoodpaintings@gmail.com
You can follow me on Instagram too…. @annewoodpaintings
My price guide for unframed paintings is:
8×8 inches £150
10×10 inches £150
12×12 inches £200
16×16 inches £250
16×20 inches £250
20×20 inches £400
20×24 inches £450
24×24 inches £500
20×30 inches £550
24×36 inches £650
30×30 inches £650
36×36 inches £750
Small paintings on paper are used to create greetings cards. These are available from my stand at the Art4Life Artisan Fairs held in Lincolnshire. They are all unique and will not be reproduced in print as I like my buyers to own a ‘one-off’ piece of my work. For details of the next Art4Life event, please visit my @annewoodpaintings Instagram page.
Thank you for viewing my art…🎨
