Flowers in Contemporary Art
I've referred to flowers in my work ever since I was an undergrad, over 20 years ago. At first, I was only interested in the rose. Having...
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Mixed media and Installation artist
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Find out more about my current research and creative development, how exhibitions come together and take a deep dive into themes of time, place and the contemporary lived experience.
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anna9694
Aug 92 min read
Time Art: The Story Behind the Clock
Discover why clocks feature so heavily in my artworks, and what they mean to me
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anna9694
Jul 253 min read
The Making of a Floral Installation
The design and making of a site-specific floral installation
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anna9694
Jun 93 min read
Craft in Artistic Practice
Creating an artistic practice that draws on influences from diverse crafts
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anna9694
Apr 273 min read
Visual Art and the Perception of Time
What is time? Without a physical presence, can we really be sure it exists? And if it doesn't exist, how do we see the symptoms of time...
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anna9694
Feb 275 min read
Botanic Art: The Power of Petals
Petals have been an ongoing feature in my works, from my early days in art college, to now having a petal-filled studio with every shade...
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anna9694
Jan 95 min read
Unravelling the Nuances: The Differences between Participatory, Community and Public Art
Introduction You might have noticed a few terms that pop up when I talk about my work which feel familiar but can perhaps be a little...
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anna9694
Dec 6, 20233 min read
Creating art from a place of broken
Are we Broken? A recent study recorded that 67% of Europeans believe the world used to be a better place*; the success of Donald Trump's...
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anna9694
Oct 9, 20234 min read
Developing your own artistic voice from your unique story
I sometimes get messages asking how I create my mixed-media artworks: what materials I use; how they’re constructed; how to preserve the...
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anna9694
Aug 21, 20236 min read
Forgetting what you know: 5 steps for developing your creative projects
When my brother started his maths A-level, his teacher told him to ‘forget everything he’d already been taught’. I was two years younger...
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anna9694
Aug 4, 20233 min read
Colours of the landscape: exploring the environment through art
In the early days of art school, I remember having a lesson in colour theory; the idea of colours being complementary, contrasting or,...
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anna9694
Jul 15, 20232 min read
Maps, mazes and landscape: how art can offer new perspectives on the physical environment
I recently completed a piece of work, Fault Line. We’d been playing around with copper and Verdi gris in the studio and the effect had a...
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anna9694
Jul 5, 20234 min read
Depicting Time: conveying the ephemeral in art
I've always been fascinated by our relationship with time - I'm not entirely sure where it comes from, but I suspect that a degree of...
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anna9694
Jun 23, 20233 min read
Nurturing wild spaces for creative practice
I rent a little studio which sits amid a little patch of grassland, opposite horses fields which are the home to some very elderly...
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anna9694
Jun 12, 20233 min read
[SHELTER]: designing a site-specific exhibition
I’m thrilled to be collaborating with Museo Spazio Pubblico in Bologna on a site-specific solo exhibition and residency, [SHELTER]. The...
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![Journ[ey], Journ[al]: How art and word can help us navigate an abstract world](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/897e67_4dc81d6463504093a3241b8ecdeb8e90~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1816,h_1364,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/897e67_4dc81d6463504093a3241b8ecdeb8e90~mv2.jpg)
anna9694
May 12, 20233 min read
Journ[ey], Journ[al]: How art and word can help us navigate an abstract world
Though it's not always obvious, words have always played an important role in my work. I’m interested in the origins of words, how words...
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