About the artist
Rebecca Annan is a fine artist producing evocative paintings of landscapes and still life.
She was long-listed for the 2022 Jackson’s Painting Prize for her Comfort Collection, a series most recently featured in Art Seen Magazine 2023.
She was raised in the seaside town of Frinton-on-Sea, Essex in the United Kingdom. In 2003 she attended the Colchester Institute and completed a Foundation Diploma in Fine Art. Following her artistic education she trained and worked as a Paediatric Nurse for over a decade. During this time she continued to engage in her artistic practice. She returned to art on a full time basis at the beginning of 2021. She works from her home studio in Wales where she lives with her husband and two children.
Artist Statement
I seek to convey my appreciation for the beauty in my immediate and ever changing world around me. As someone with a faith that everything in creation is designed but temporary, my work pays particular attention to the idea of impermanence. Often this focus is on the impermanence of light and its influence, converting a fleeting moment and its affects on colour into an enduring work of art.
I document my observations in photographs and reclaim the moment in a drawing or a painting. The images transform into a truthful representation of my discoveries for posterity.
I work predominantly in oil pastel, however, I also enjoy working in graphite, charcoal, watercolour and oils. When deciding on what medium to work with I allow my creative instincts to respond to the reference image. Details are added at the final stage to lure the viewer into an intimate proximity with the work.
As a neuro-diverse artist, creativity caters for my need for introspection and focus. When I am charmed by my environment, I often discover beauty where it is least expected or may be overlooked. By recalling my experiences of contentment in sincere responses to my environment I am able to honour my appreciation of the little things.
My work embodies joyful recollections and urges to evoke similar memories personal to the viewer, reminding them of our connection as humans.
Resume
Education:
2004-2005: Foundation Diploma in Fine Art: Colchester Institute
Exhibitions:
November 2022 “Mixtape 2” Cultivate Gallery
October-November 2022 “DYSTOPIA” hybrid art exhibition: The Holy Art gallery, London.
September 2022 “ Artists on the Rise: Auction of International Art”. Chalkwell Auctions.
May 2022 “Thoughts” International Online Art Exhibition. Bangiya Kala Kendra
April 2022 “Make Art Not War”Anti-war Exhibition of Artists of The World. Discours
April 2022 “Flora Flora” Group Exhibition: Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
March 2022 Doncaster Art Fair Open Exhibition
October 2021 “Miniatures” Group Exhibition: Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
Media:
Feb 2023: Art Seen Magazine: The Curator’s Salon Magazine, as a featured artist
Jan 2022- present date: New Visionary Magazine, as a directory artist in each issue.
Jan 2022: Artist Talk Magazine: Issue 18, available to view here
Jan 2022: Fern and Glade
Nov 2021: Create! Magazine “The Sensory Texture of Oil Pastels with Rebecca Annan”
Collectives:
Visionary Art Collective Artist Directory as of 2022
Prizes/ Awards:
May 2022: Bangiya Kala Samarpan award for Outstanding Artwork. Bangiya Kala Kendra.
March 2022: Jackson’s Painting Prize 2022 Long-list for Scenes of Everyday Life