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A Summer's Song Painting

Angela Smith

United Kingdom

Painting, Acrylic on Wood

Size: 13 W x 13 H x 1.5 D in

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"In the long dusks of summer we walked the suburban streets through scents of maple and cut grass, waiting for something to happen" Steven Millhauser, Dangerous Laughter Memories of summer always seem to lead you back to childhood. Its not a specific and clear memory but warm, nostalgic and definitely hazy around the edges: The smell of cut grass, the blossom on trees, birds chirping and the building of heat in the air and the feeling of freedom as school year ends and the long weeks which stretch ahead like eternity. Its about potential of experience, of daydreaming and of wonder. During the child years of our lives we often have intense emotions which stay with us as adults and are invoked by music, seasons, places....and as adults we look back to the past with a mixture of longing and relief. I'm interesting in this subject because I think memories are an untrustworthy source and are part fact, part fantasy and part idealism - making our memories of childhood a fictional chapter in our lives. This painting is painted on panel in acrylic and framed in a wood tray frame and painted in a pale grey.

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Painting:Acrylic on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:13 W x 13 H x 1.5 D in

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Born in Liverpool in 1972 Angela spent her childhood exploring imaginative worlds of make-believe and books. Learning to read at the age of 3 years, books were like the wardrobe into Narnia, a doorway into other worlds which fed her imagination. She studied English Literature and Politics at university in Manchester and then moved to London to work in Investment Banking. It was in a local cafe in Kings Cross, listening to Vivaldi's Four Seasons, that she recalls suddenly knowing she wanted to be an artist. Angela went on to study painting at Wimbledon School of Art and since graduating has exhibited in solo and group shows in London and South East England. Angela currently works and lives in South West London. "Painting and drawing are central to my art practice and allow me to explore the space between fact and fiction. I'm interested in the possibilities of narrative and invoking atmosphere and emotion. My paintings often depict children but are rarely about the subjects, rather the universal theme of childhood - a complex layering of emotion, experience and imaginings. Books, films and photography often inform my work but the process of painting is what I feel most at ease with. I see making art as a form of story telling and making sense of something deep inside, whilst hopefully creating something that others will find pleasure and meaning from."

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