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matter is very important to me. Usually, when I see the building
or landscape, the atmosphere of it pulls me up to a halt. I
have to try to keep that moment. I'm working against time, to
hold the power of the initial vision as I take in what I'm looking
at. There's a strong presence, a sense of unknown lives, quiet
or dramatic, maybe even tragic, that radiates from a place.
It's an essence - there is no need for unnecessary detail, I
eliminate the distractions. My pictures are a concentration
of the real thing.
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Anna was born in eastern
England in 1947 and maintains her studio at her home near Cambridge.
Attending two art colleges in England in the 1960s, when abstraction
was the orthodoxy, Anna's interest in realism was actively discouraged
and so she has pursued her own path. Her work in egg tempera
uses techniques dating back to the 14th century, involving a
meticulous process of building up and scraping away with tiny
strokes. Working in watercolor, oils, and acrylics allows for
a larger scale, freer expression, and variations in texture,
but the same subtlety of palette and clarity of composition
provide the distinctive character of all Anna Sweeten paintings. |
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