Born in 1963, Annora initially studied printed textiles at Liverpool Polytechnic and the artist continued her education in the 1980s, by completing a master's degree in the same subject at Birmingham Polytechnic.
Having completed her studies Annora Spence worked as an independent artist and designer. Since 1990, she has concentrated on her career as a painter and has enjoyed multiple sell-o
Born in 1963, Annora initially studied printed textiles at Liverpool Polytechnic and the artist continued her education in the 1980s, by completing a master's degree in the same subject at Birmingham Polytechnic.
Having completed her studies Annora Spence worked as an independent artist and designer. Since 1990, she has concentrated on her career as a painter and has enjoyed multiple sell-out shows in London and overseas, having a large following abroad including North America and Asia.
In 1994 she started producing limited edition Silkscreen prints and each new edition invariably completely 'sold out' within record time. Annora also went on to create etchings and even a bronze sculpture!
Annora derives many of the ideas for her work from her extensive travels across Europe, India and Asia and is inspired by the characters, situations and colours she sees around her. Her palette varies from the rich, to pale and subtle, creating layers of tone and texture.
Humour has always been an important ingredient in her work and the artist tries to accomplish this through the figurative form itself, manipulation of images & characters, and the development of a story around them.
In her most recent paintings, interiors have become a major source of inspiration and scale remains an important tool for her, by reversing the scale she feels the mood of the image can often be made humorous!
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