about anna

 

I'm a painter based in Oxford, working from a studio on a farm in the Buckinghamshire countryside. I grew up on the Gulf Coast of the United States — that particular light, that particular relationship with water and land — and though I've lived in England for many years, that sensibility still moves through my work.

My paintings are made in oil, often alongside drawings in charcoal, ink, and print. The natural inks I use are gathered from the farm itself — oak gall, walnut, plant matter — which feels important: a way of staying close to the material world, attending to what's already there.

I hold a PhD in practice-based research and an MA in Christianity and the Arts, and I've lectured and presented on the intersection of art and theology at conferences held at the University of Oxford and the National Gallery. That academic thread runs alongside the studio practice rather than above it — the questions I ask in research are the same ones I take into the paintings.

What I'm drawn to, in the end, is the sacred in ordinary things — not as a religious proposition, but as an invitation. The quality of light in a room. The weight of a familiar object. The way beauty shows up where we aren't quite expecting it. I make work for people who notice those things.

exhibitions

Perhaps the World Ends Here – ASSEMBLE Online Gallery                         September 2025

  Group Online Exhibition as part of Call to Worship Journal’s Online Gallery Project

Call and Response: Part Two - The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford July, August 2025

‍ ‍Group Exhibition curated and organised by Art Sauce

Between Curves and Corners – Part of Oxfordshire Artweeks                                May 2025

Solo Exhibition hosted by Naomi Swain Wellspace, Oxford

Contemporary Landscapes – Fox Yard Studio, Stowmarket, England                 August 2024

            Group Exhibition

‘Abstract Art’ Edition II – Royal Blue Gallery                                                    June, July 2024

            Online Group Exhibition

DUOTONE – The Holy Art Gallery, London, England                                              April 2024

            Group Exhibition

Oxfordshire Artweeks –Aristotle Lane Makespace Oxford, Oxford, England  Spring 2023

            Group Exhibition

Four Seasons in One Place - Stampwell Farm, Beaconsfield, England        September 2022

            Solo Exhibition

Oxfordshire Artweeks –Aristotle Lane Makespace Oxford, Oxford, England      Spring 2022 

            Group Exhibition 

Nemesis Exhibition – The Holy Art Virtual Gallery, London, England. November 2021

  Group Online Exhibition

Beyond Words – Still Point Gallery, Alpharetta, Georgia, USA                                           2020

            Collaborative Exhibition

Finding/Making Home – Oxford Brookes University Oxford, England                               2019

            Final PhD Solo Exhibition

InTuition– Oxford Brookes University Oxford, England                                                       2019

            Arts PhD Showcase: The Glass Tank

disPLACED – P21 Gallery, London                                                                                     2018

            Collaborative Exhibition

HOS·PI·TAL·I·TY–Still Point Gallery, Alpharetta, Georgia, USA                    March-July 2017

            Opening Exhibition

CARU Exhibition – FaB, Bath, England                                                                                2017

            Contemporary Arts Research Unity Exhibition

Final Exhibition –OVADA Gallery, Oxford, England                                                            2015

            Final Exhibition for MA in Contemporary Art

Senior Thesis Exhibit - Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA     2013

            Senior Thesis Exhibit

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A woman with red hair tied in a bun, wearing a white shirt, gold earrings, and layered rings, is painting on a canvas with a palette of mixed paints, focusing on her work in an art studio.
A woman with red hair is sitting on a white sofa with patterned cushions, smiling, and relaxing with her hand behind her head, in a room with a framed black-and-white painting of a kitchen on the wall.
A woman with red hair tied in a bun is painting on a canvas with a brush inside a room with sunlight coming through. She is wearing a white shirt, an apron, and jewelry.