Annabel Potterton
Annabel Potterton has been using chalk pastels since 2000 and more recently oil paints. Throughout this time she has used many subjects including her own children, sheep, pigs and hens on the small farm she lives on in Co Meath, Ireland.
Crowds, characters at country fairs and queues of people have also been inspiration for subject matter.
Annabel is now focusing on portraits exploring texture using newspaper, pumice and gesso. The layers of ground texture underneath the portraits reveal harsh lines and crevices adding depth to the paintings.
She has a Diploma in Further Education of Fine and Applied Art (Ceramics) from Wandsworth Art College, London (1993-94) and studied drawing, painting and sculpture with Bernie Leahy at Dunboyne College of Education, Co Meath (2006-07).
She has recently had two paintings selected for the First International Pastel Biennial in Spain in November 2011. Annabel was made a full member of the Pastel Society of Ireland this year and has been an associate member of the Pastel Society of Ireland since 2008.
www.pastelsocietyofireland.org
She has also been a member of Old Schoolhouse Art Group since 2001 www.oldschoolhouseart.com
Previous Exhibitions (More information to follow)
2010
Group Show – Arts Trail, Trimgate Street, Navan, County Meath
2009
Castletown House with Old Schoolhouse Art Group
Spirit of Dunboyne Festival with Old Schoolhouse Art Group
2008
Fusion Exhibition, Toradh Art Gallery
Spirit of Dunboyne Festival with Old Schoolhouse Art Group
Leixlip Art Gallery, Leixlip Library with Indigo Blue
Public Library, Trim with Old Schoolhouse Art Group
2007
Leixlip Art Gallery, Leixlip Library with Old Schoolhouse Art Group
Independent Artists Network, Castle Park School, Dalkey
2006
Public Library, Trim with Old Schoolhouse Art Group
Independent Artists Network, Castle Park School, Dalkey
2005
People’s Art Exhibition, Lucan
2004
Public Library, Trim with Old Schoolhouse Art Group
Myo’s pub Castleknock, with Castleknock Art Group
People’s Art Exhibition, Lucan
2003
Public Library, Lucan with Old Schoolhouse Art Group
2002
Draoicht, Blanchardstown
Public library, Dunshaughlin
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