ABOUT THE ARTIST
Annette Price Abstract artist
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About my art….
I am a London-based abstract artist and want to help you to understand why I make art and the ideas and inspiration behind my paintings.
Inspiration
My art is inspired by the shimmering beauty of water and how it interacts with the soil, silt and rock that it flows over. I love the feelings and memories evoked by water and the environments it flows through. It's captivating; whether in rivers, streams and brooks, rain, ice, frost or snow! My experiences gained from many years of exploring water through kayaking and diving, inspire my work.
My Process
My process often begins by collecting material from riverbanks: gravel, sand, leaves and twigs and embedding these elements into my paintings. This adds texture and depth to the painting, but more importantly, it creates a connection with that space where water and land meet.
To embed the above items, I mix the sand and gravel with acrylic paint and sometimes texture paste too and apply them with a pallet knife. Leaves are dried and pressed for several weeks before adding to a painting by pressing them into wet acrylic paint. Once dry, the leaves are given at least two additional coats of paint completely sealing them, so they become forms, shapes and textures within the painting.
I often use fluid acrylics to represent water, as well as resin and high gloss varnish, these contrast with the mat 'land' areas of the paintings.
Materials and Techniques
I use a mixture of painting and mark-making tools from paintbrushes and pallet knives to wire wool, sponges and cloth. My work is mixed-media, which means I use different artist materials in the same painting and this can include acrylic paints, watercolours, inks, resins, pastels and objects found in the landscape.
Previous Life
(pre-pandemic)
Photographer
For many years I worked as an adventure sports and wild places photographer for editorial publications. My work ranged from the photography of wild locations such as caves and disused mines to white water rivers, water sports and underwater portraiture.
Exhibition
The River Within - London
Living in London, the River Thames has a special place in my heart and I’ve been kayaking on it regularly for over 20 years. Before the pandemic, I had been working on a project to photograph the River Thames from source to sea from the perspective of a little kayak.
In 2019, 'The River Within - London' was my first solo exhibition and featured photographs of London that I had taken from my kayak as a part of that project. With a kayak, I can get underneath pontoons, bridges, up tributaries, between houseboats to see London from a perspective that few other people see it.
Artist Statement and Biography
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