Studio Cottage
26 Othello Close
Bilton, Rugby
CV22 6LX
Tel : 01788 811280
Ann Brain, known as Annie to her friends, paints in a distinctive style which reflects her love of the natural world. Her oil paintings, at times both benign and unsettling, remain in the mind's eye long after other, blander images have been forgotten. Now seven times a Royal Academy exhibitor, her paintings hang in collections in the UK, Europe and America.
Ann was born in Coventry and grew up in the surrounding area of leafy Warwickshire. She attended Coventry College of Art, where she was taught by Terry Frost, and Michael Sandle, gaining a degree in Fine Art in 1966, before going on to a post-graduate course at London University Institute of Education, followed by a successful teaching career. She has been working as a professional artist since 1998.
Ann exhibits with the Llewellyn-Alexander Gallery in London and the Gallery at Dunchurch near Rugby. She is currently Chairman of the Association of Midland Artists and is also a founder member and Chairman of the Rugby Artists' Support Group, and a member of Leamington Studio Artists, The Tantalus Project and Rugby and District Art Society. A number of her works have been reproduced as greetings cards and prints and she has recently been taken on by the Bridgeman Art Library.
"Art is a mysterious business. I try to look at the world with innocent eyes and paint from the heart, and I hope that people will approach my work with similarly open eyes and minds."
Paintings this page Copyright © 2008 Ann Brain