Angela Annesley
Printmaker and painter
My printmaking is both in woodcut and linocut using Japanese woodcarving chisels, capturing both the built and natural environment in Cornwall. I aim to show the wild and windy side of the Cornish landscape as well as an abstracted take on quirky local townscapes. I work in handprinted limited editions in both single colour and black, usually on Fabriano Rosaspina Ivoire paper, which takes the ink well and has a soft ivory colour and a matt finish. I also print on fabric. I see the world through a coloured lens and my paintings are warm and bright interpretations of what I see and feel, even in a cold winter landscape. They have a graphic, stained glass quality and strong lines that reflect my origins as a printmaker. I often paint en plain air and use oils and acrylics with an impasto medium to give a textured finish applied with a palette knife. I use cradled wooden panels rather than canvas, preferring their smooth, hard surface to create strong lines. I work from my studio on the cliffs in Sennen in West Cornwall, overlooking the stormy waters of the Celtic Sea. Commissions welcome.
You can find me on Facebook as Angela Annesley and on Instagram as @ravenstongueprints
Website: www.angelaannesley.co.uk
