Raw, Painting, Oil on Canvas, 2023

Angie Wright   Emerging artists

"I create for the challenge, the thrill, the doubt, the belief, the rush...for the love of painting. "
Angie Wright is an established artist from Portugal whose paintings have been featured in solo and group shows internationally. Practicing art ever since she was a child, Wright creates expressionist style botanical works and portraits in acrylic and oil on canvas. She is inspired by nature and aims to represent a neglected beauty in her work through vivid color palettes and energetic mark making techniques.

Education:

My very first experience, of which I have only fractured memories was when I was only 6 years old and at primary school. I won a local council competition, I can no longer remember what it was promoting but I remember being sat at a small table in a classroom laying paint thickly onto a piece of paper. The paint swirled and was gloriously glossy. I could move it around on the paper and it was thick like syrup. I loved the texture and the feel of the paint on my fingers and hands. I remember being enthralled by the possibilities of all the beautiful and entrancing colours I could mix and all the marvelous pictures I could create! I loved colour. I would doodle pictures for friends in lunch break and every school art project was a challenge and felt exhilarating. It never felt like work, it was just an expression of myself.

Awards & Distinctions:

Alyson Sheldrake - "Tomorrow Magazine" 05/2023 : https://tomorrowalgarve.com/may-2023-meet-the-arti...

Natalie Junio-Thompson- Lovehappensmag 31/07, 2022.

ARTBOX Project Zurich Swiss Art Expo - Nominated- Zurich, Switzerland 2021.

Artists and Illustrators Magazine, Editors Pick, Spring Gallery 2019- First Prize- Chelsea, United Kingdom 2019.

Artists and illustrators magazine- Wild Poppies 2019 Calendar, "November" 2019.

Artists and illustrators magazine- Golden Soldiers Editors Pick, Portfolio Plus Floral Gallery 2019.

Artists and illustrators magazine- Editors Pick Spring Gallery 2019; "Sweet Chaos" 2019.

Saatchi Art- Saatchi Art New this week 8-5-2019 "See Me" 2019.

British Broadcasting Corporation BBC- DIY SOS, The victims of Grenfell Tower; "Balboa" 2018.

Artists & Illustrators magazine- Editors Pick, Portfolio Plus Wildlife Gallery July 2018; "The Mischief Makers" 2018.

Saatchi Art- Art Inspired by the French Countryside "Food for Bees and Butterflies" 2018.

Artfinder Curators- Inspired by Klimt; "Beneath" 2018.

Artists and illustrators magazine- Fresh paint "Mustard Fields" 2017.

Doncaster Museum and art gallery Open art exphibition - Nominated- Doncaster, United Kingdom 2010.

Exhibitions:

ArtExpo Basel, Euroairport Basel, Switzerland, June 2023 "Allegro".

Selected to be be featured in a curated collection "Staff Pick - A Decade of Art on Artfinder" June 2023.

Palma 1.0 / Casa Del Arte - Palma de Mallorca, Spain 2022.

Swiss Art Expo / Zurich Central Station - Zurich, Switzerland 2022.

Life in Colors / F6 - The Open Factory, Esterhazygasse 3 - Vienna, Austria 2022.

Biennale Art Expo, Venezia 1.0 / Tana Art Space at Fodamenta de la Tana 2109A - Venice, Italy 2022.

World 2.0 / Urbanside Gallery Switzerland - Zurich, Switzerland 2022.

Swiss Art Expo - Artbox Project Zürich 3.0 / SBB Eventhall Zürich Main Station - Zurich, Switzerland 2021.

The Art Gallery / Spencer House - Tetbury, United Kingdom 2015.

Open Art Show / Doncaster Museum and art gallery - Doncaster, United Kingdom 2010.

The Ferens Gallery / The Ferens Gallery, Hull - Hull, United Kingdom 2010.

Professional/Teaching Experience:

Algarve Elegance / Almancil - Faro, Portugal 2019.

Wild Things / Alqueirinhos - Faro, Portugal 2018.

Site specific installation / The Old Barn - Moulins, France 2016.

Primal Joy / L'Ecole d'Agriculture - Moulins, France 2016.

Agathonian art exhibition / St Raphael - Provence Alps cote d'Azure, France 2015.

Artistic Influences:

I am constantly inspired by nature. When I walk with my dogs I see everything I want to paint, twisted branches and wild flowers. Endless skies swirled with color. Urban patches of ground where a tiny buttercup flourishes. I want to represent the forgotten beauty of the world. Neglected beauty which suggests human emotion and life. This also corresponds to my love of portraits and the challenge of representing emotion within them. Sometimes I just feel like painting. I try not to section myself within one genre....I like to keep myself feeling fresh with excitement about the next project. The challenge of the next creation. I initially lay paint on the canvas in a free, expressionistic manner. This builds up layers of color and develops a depth in the painting. I also find that this freedom of movement and selection of color is almost meditative and allows me to discover what I want the painting to become. I am sure these seeds of ideas then reflect in the expressionistic under painting. From this point I examine what I have and start building the painting in layers with ideas assaulting me and blossoming as the painting progresses. I work in finer detail toward the end of the painting to exaggerate focal points and bring clarity and cohesion to the final artwork. I find art a dynamic process and the artwork constantly evolves...it is never quite what I expected to paint and this element of surprise is intoxicating and holds my excitement as I work. 

Tags:

landscapes, large artworks, expressionism, impressionism, floral landscapes, abstract floral