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REVIEW BY MARK COCKER
Author & Environmentalist
Anthea Eames' evocative, richly textured paintings are rooted in the landscapes around her Norfolk home, the Cornish coastline and parts of Africa and Australia. Feeling a strong connection to place, she collects earth pigments combining these with paint, subtly revealing past histories. House&Garden 2017
ARTIST STATEMENT
In my mixed media works I explore surface, texture, colour, shape, composition and markmaking, forming abstracted images through which I try to convey my experiences of being in the landscape. After sketching on site, these images are created from memory, of places which are of special significance to me.
Although mainly based in Norfolk, my life and work continues to take me to parts of the African and Australian continents while my particular interest in the formation of landscape also leads me to locations which are rich in history, geology and myth. I am not interested in recording exactly what is in front of me but in somehow revealing the hidden truth lying beneath the surface - the effects of time, the elements and human activity upon the land.
My pigments are sourced from the location itself, ground and mixed with acrylic resins to achieve a variety of finishes. Layers are built up and scraped away almost like an archaeological process of excavation.
Anthea is an elected member of
The Norwich Twenty Group Norwich Twenty Group
EXHIBITIONS 2020
N20G in 2020
a selected group exhibition
Mandell's Gallery, Elm Hill, Norwich
Weds Dec 2 - Sat Dec 26
Mandell's Gallery
Recent Works/Studio Visits Ongoing
Earlham Studio, Norwich
50+ original paintings on show, prints, sketchbooks
Viewings welcome by appointment: 07754826500 antheaeames@hotmail.com
Winter Light
Theatre Royal, Norwich
Jan 24 -Mar 23
Norfolk Open Studios Cancelled due to pandemic
May 23 -June 7 (weekends only)
OpenStudios
Chongoni Womens CoOperative
UNESCO World Heritage Site, Dedza, Malawi
Anthea continues the work she started in 2012,
training rural women to sew. Norwich/Dedza Partnership
EXHIBITIONS 2019
Norwich Theatre Royal/Selected Exhibition
Targetfollow Arts
May/July
Norwich 20 Group Annual Exhibition
St Margarets Church, Norwich
June
Metamorphosis
Undercroft
October 8 -19
Affordable Art Sale
Norwich 20 Group
The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich
Nov 22 & 23
EXHIBITIONS 2018
Norwich 20 Group
'Aspire'
The Hostry, Norwich Cathedral, The Close, Norwich
Sat 15 Dec - Sun 13 Jan 2019
Norwich 20 Group Annual Exhibition
The Forum, Norwich
July 17 - 22 Open daily 10am - 6pm
Blickling Gallery
March 20 - April 9
Blickling Hall, Aylsham, Norwich NR11 6NF
Targetfollow Selected Exhibition
Theatre Royal, Norwich, NR2 1RL
April 25 - July 9
Norwich & Norfolk Open Studios
May 26 - June 10 (weekends only)
OpenStudios
Author & Environmentalist
Anthea Eames' evocative, richly textured paintings are rooted in the landscapes around her Norfolk home, the Cornish coastline and parts of Africa and Australia. Feeling a strong connection to place, she collects earth pigments combining these with paint, subtly revealing past histories. House&Garden 2017
ARTIST STATEMENT
In my mixed media works I explore surface, texture, colour, shape, composition and markmaking, forming abstracted images through which I try to convey my experiences of being in the landscape. After sketching on site, these images are created from memory, of places which are of special significance to me.
Although mainly based in Norfolk, my life and work continues to take me to parts of the African and Australian continents while my particular interest in the formation of landscape also leads me to locations which are rich in history, geology and myth. I am not interested in recording exactly what is in front of me but in somehow revealing the hidden truth lying beneath the surface - the effects of time, the elements and human activity upon the land.
My pigments are sourced from the location itself, ground and mixed with acrylic resins to achieve a variety of finishes. Layers are built up and scraped away almost like an archaeological process of excavation.
Anthea is an elected member of
The Norwich Twenty Group Norwich Twenty Group
EXHIBITIONS 2020
N20G in 2020
a selected group exhibition
Mandell's Gallery, Elm Hill, Norwich
Weds Dec 2 - Sat Dec 26
Mandell's Gallery
Recent Works/Studio Visits Ongoing
Earlham Studio, Norwich
50+ original paintings on show, prints, sketchbooks
Viewings welcome by appointment: 07754826500 antheaeames@hotmail.com
Winter Light
Theatre Royal, Norwich
Jan 24 -Mar 23
Norfolk Open Studios Cancelled due to pandemic
May 23 -June 7 (weekends only)
OpenStudios
Chongoni Womens CoOperative
UNESCO World Heritage Site, Dedza, Malawi
Anthea continues the work she started in 2012,
training rural women to sew. Norwich/Dedza Partnership
EXHIBITIONS 2019
Norwich Theatre Royal/Selected Exhibition
Targetfollow Arts
May/July
Norwich 20 Group Annual Exhibition
St Margarets Church, Norwich
June
Metamorphosis
Undercroft
October 8 -19
Affordable Art Sale
Norwich 20 Group
The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich
Nov 22 & 23
EXHIBITIONS 2018
Norwich 20 Group
'Aspire'
The Hostry, Norwich Cathedral, The Close, Norwich
Sat 15 Dec - Sun 13 Jan 2019
Norwich 20 Group Annual Exhibition
The Forum, Norwich
July 17 - 22 Open daily 10am - 6pm
Blickling Gallery
March 20 - April 9
Blickling Hall, Aylsham, Norwich NR11 6NF
Targetfollow Selected Exhibition
Theatre Royal, Norwich, NR2 1RL
April 25 - July 9
Norwich & Norfolk Open Studios
May 26 - June 10 (weekends only)
OpenStudios
