Artist Biography
Annie Waring born 1963. She lives and works in rural East Sussex.
She trained as a Textile designer at Middlesex Polytechnic in the early 80s. Designing for many companies around the world. She went on to design and hand paint her own range of bone china tableware for Liberty and Thomas Goode in London and Henri Bendel in New York.
In recent years she has returned to painting the root of all her design work. Concentrating on still life painting in oil and occasionally watercolour, she paints seasonally, predominantly wild and garden flowers. These are gathered neatly and simply arranged in jars and jugs. She has a love for British flora. Her desire is to capture the essence of this subject matter, focusing on light and shadow. Demonstrating a fascination for various vessels, ceramics feature a lot in the artist’s body of work. Ultimately, her oeuvre consistently evokes a gentle stillness in confident, impressionist brushstrokes.
Artist Statement
“I like to paint simple objects from my home and strive to capture their essence. I am particularly interested in light and reflection and naturally ceramics feature heavily in my compositions.” – Annie Waring
