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Angela Lawrence
I paint in oil and watercolour and my work can be seen to divide roughly
into three kinds: figurative but personal representation of the landscape
that immediately surrounds me; imaginary, panoramic glimpses of landscape
verging on the abstract; and a work of a much more abstract nature which
reflects my response to that of which the landscape is composed –
rock, water, organic matter and colour. I am especially fascinated with
a sense that contained within a stone are all the elements of what we
see around us, and an evidence of our deep connectedness to our world.
My series ‘Within a Stone’ and ‘Beyond the Stone’
reflect these ideas.
I have lived almost half my life in Finland as an artist and musician,
and have enjoyed opportunities to combine both in projects involving groups
as diverse as from schools to professional theatre and orchestras. In
many of my paintings there is a wish to express an interaction between
my perceptions of the different surroundings I have found myself in with
the feelings I have experienced whilst there. Since recently having come
to live in Galloway, they have taken on a fresh aspect.
Recent Selected Group Exhibitions
Gracefield Arts Centre ‘Spring Fling Artists’
Stranraer Museum
‘Spring Fling’ Open Studios Event
‘Galloways Best in Wigtown’International Festival of booktowns
event
Joensuu City Art Museum, Finland
North Karelian Hospital Gallery, Finland
Joensuu College, Finland
Joensuu Artists, Muikku Hall, Finland
Solo Exhibitions
Gallery Petra Raasio, Finland
Carelicum Museum, Finland
Joen Suun Space, Finland
Galleria Rustico, Finland
Currently Exhibiting
Compass Gallery, Glasgow (November 2004 – January 2005)
The Secret Gallery; Dumfries (December 2004)
Forthcoming Exhibitions
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries (April 2005)
‘Spring Fling’ open studio event, Dumfries & Galloway
(May 2005)
Kirroughtree Forest Visitors Centre, Newton Stewart (August 2005)
Castle Douglas Art Gallery, (November –December 2005)
Awards and Selected Commissions
2000 Finnish Arts Council Award
2000 Joensuu Symphony Orchestra - watercolour
2001 Joensuu City Council – series of watercolours
2002 Joensuu College of Music - watercolours
Education
I hold first and postgraduate degrees in Music, English literature and
education and have studied Art as an external student at the Camberwell
School of Art, London, and in Finland.
Contact Details
ang_pat_lawrence@hotmail.com
The Clience,
Tongland Road,
Kirkcudbright,
Scotland,
DG6 4UR.
Telephone: 07793729192 or 01557 331498
www.cliencestudio.co.uk
www.gallowayartistsandmakers.org.uk

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