Angela Wakefield
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Angela Wakefield - Original - "Albert Square" - Acrylic on canvas - 60 x 60 cm - framed - Price On Application |
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Angela Wakefield Angela Wakefield is a celebrated urban artist, inspired by the vast array of luminous man-made colours that transform our towns and cities from bleak and depressing spaces by day to vibrant and colourful fairgrounds by night. With industry professionals and collectors paying an avid interest, there is an acceptance that her artwork represents a sound financial investment. She is a young artist with a growing national reputation, producing work that resonates with a broad range of people, offering enduring representations of contemporary landscapes. “Angela Wakefield is a rising star of British art; her work, mainly urban scenes of the North of England, is receiving acclaimed attention whilst exploring a new reality essence in our counterculture… I was struck by the urbanized genre, the scattering of light in form, and the sheer reality of scene. I have not seen such arrangement in art since viewing paintings by Edward Hopper.” Ian Welland, Writer & Art Historian Background Angela Wakefield was born in 1978 in Accrington, Lancashire. With a strong instinctive flair for drawing and painting since childhood, Angela pursued her career as a professional artist back in 1999 after graduating with a fine art degree and has been painting seriously ever since. Angela’s originals are now being sought after by collectors from throughout the UK & Europe. Angela has used this success to provide opportunities for other aspiring artists. It is this character and integrity that has helped earn the respect she now enjoys from her contemporaries and industry professionals alike. Inspiration Angela is definitely inspired by her surroundings; the tangible and real. She is particularly interested in the behaviour of light in urban environments and the interaction between the architecture, traffic and people in this landscape. A recent focus for Angela has been on the historic cities of the UK such as Edinburgh, Manchester & London. Angela has also found inspiration in New York City, and her continuing New York Series has gained her an international following and recognition as a leading painter of her generation. "I am inspired by the vast array of luminous man-made colours that transform our towns and cities from bleak and depressing spaces by day to vibrant and colourful fairgrounds by night.” Angela Wakefield To Canvas Angela is a very instinctive painter, and it is this instinct and natural ability that always features heavily when trying to describe her process of putting paint to canvas. She is a very expressive painter who creates dynamic effects through colour and perspective, and there is often the sense of an accompanying narrative to her paintings. The painting process is never arduous or overworked. Angela is quickly able to capture the essence of a place, relying only on small photographs as reference. Her style depends on a highly skilled level of brushwork that is both painterly and impressionistic. Selected Recent Exhibitions:
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