Hi there, thanks for visiting my site, hope you like it. It’s a bit random, but hey, I’m an artist so it’s bound to be isn’t it!

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WELL HELLO

To friends old and new, welcome to my dazzling, new website.    Chris, my hubby, has worked overtime to bring you this baby – so let’s hope I can do it justice.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with either me or my work, and just fancied a nosey, I’ll explain a bit about who I am and what I do (shouldn’t take too long).  And for the rest of you, you can skip this bit and have a mooch about at your leisure.  Lovely of you to drop by – I hope to see more of you soon. xx

Now then.  My name is Angela, and for the most part, I paint ladies at their best (worst), depending on your state of mind, or how strict your upbringing was.   I suppose though, if you have found me, then you must be a good sort, so girls at their best, it is.    They are usually in a state of undress, either by accident or by intent.  Maybe a little of both. I don’t really know how this all began, because my first paintings (5 years ago) were of cats and dogs and birds, and I still paint these, but they usually have a good-time-girl sharing the canvas with them.

The medium I paint with is Farrow and Ball acrylic.  The colours are muted and high in pigmentation, and wash out of clothes, which is ever so handy.  They have a kind of retro feel to them, which I love and which suits my work very well.  I also us Mars Black acrylic (on everything), because my paintings wouldn’t be the same without it.  During the course of a painting, I will probably destroy it about 5 times.  I work over it with sandpaper and then layer the paint on.  This is good, both for the depth of the painting, and for stress release.

The inspiration for my lovely ladies comes from the women that I see on a daily basis.  I don’t use models or a camera.  Sometimes I write down what I see, rather than draw it, and use this as a guideline.  It’s always a surprise to me when I finish a painting because it never turns out the way I think it will – not always for the best, and needless to say, this is very frustrating.  Especially when I have a masterpiece in my head and I turn out a ham-fisted version.  But I suppose, that’s how we learn, isn’t it.

I am completely self-taught because I didn’t really have a choice.  I wasn’t bright enough to get in to college, but don’t shed a tear for me, because I see it as a blessing now.  Isn’t it strange how things work out?  I was terrified of painting people, but I knew that if I wanted to be a serious painter (and I did), I would have to learn how to do this, and set about trying to master the human form.  And after quite a few attempts – my egg-headed, over-simplified people were born.  Although, they are getting a bit more sophisticated now.

So here we are today, with you very kindly visiting my website.  I hope you like what you see, and if you have any questions, or comments (no advice please, I don’t take advice), it would be grand to hear from you.  Please come again soon.

Best Wishes

Angie xxx