Delightful, Enchanting
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If there is a typical example of Annabel Fairfax’s oil painting, it is a bowl full of abstracted flowers and foliage, her bright bold brushstrokes and markings setting them apart from the mundane. Her watercolours of animal life and picturesque locations capture the moment and are painted with energy and freshness.
In ‘Delightful, Enchanting’ Annabel Fairfax shows us the imaginative humour of her oil and watercolour paintings – from her travels around the world to the peaceful haven of her studio on the Isle of Wight. Her paintings are harmonious and decorative, the very opposite of photographic; she paints with her eyes, the subject matter becoming an idyllic version of reality.
She exhibits regularly, is in private collections around the world and her work is frequently used for cards, prints and giftware.
Annabel Fairfax grew up in Suffolk and has painted all her life. She worked in the design studio at Colefax and Fowler and then studied photography with Jorge Lewinski before attending the Heatherley School of Fine Art. Currently, she continues her studies with Robin Child. In 2011 she was elected a member of the Society of Women Artists.
Annabel has had solo exhibitions at ING Bank and Ebury Galleries. She exhibits annually in group shows, which have included the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy and the Society of Women Artists and for Art For Youth at Mall Galleries. Annabel also exhibits at the Bembridge Sailing Club on the Isle of Wight, the Affordable Art Fair, Battersea and with the British Art Portfolio.
Ian Strathcarron is the author of numerous books, from spy thrillers to travel biographies and philosophy books to crime dramas, as well as being a playwright and screenwriter. When not writing, he is Chairman of Unicorn Publishing Group, President of the Society of Mediators and a backbencher in the House of Lords.