Sally Anne, and husband, Peter, share a passion for painting. In 2020, they began a series of landscapes in acrylics, inspired by beauty spots close to their home, in Surrey.
Chertsey Meads was already a special place in their hearts – a place to meet up with family in a pandemic, to have a picnic, and to walk the dog. They set out to capture, on canvas, the character and the spiritual qualities of this vast vista of grassland, which in the summer, suddenly bursts into colour, transformed into a wild flower meadow, with a myriad of flowers and grasses – leading to stunning views of the River Thames.
To do this, you have to immerse yourself in the fabric of the place: the changing seasons, the cloud formations, the cycle of life and decay. To create these impressions, they painted large spontaneous statements infused with light.
Sally Anne and Peter are regular visitors to the South of France, and the intense light of that region, has influenced their bold use of colour and scintillating light effects seen in the work.
Sally Anne had some formal art training at a London university. She had her first solo art exhibition at the Century Gallery, Henley Upon Thames, and subsequently, shows her work in various galleries, across the UK.
Recently, the couple had their first exhibition together at Cumberland Lodge, where they showed a unique collection of paintings, portraying the historic parkland of Windsor Great Park.”
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