Our everyday physical environment may be regarded as simply the backdrop around which we map our lives.  The human hustle and edifice of urban streets are a labyrinth to be hurried through; a ripening field of rape a familiar glimpse of colour to be driven past at speed.  Anna Simmons has a particular gift for compelling the viewer to look again.  Her paintings reveal an acute awareness of fleeting moments of transcendent beauty.

Within the imposing scale of street, cathedral or station, unnamed and isolated figures are caught in momentary transition, softening the strict linear formality of the background architecture.  It is this contrast of figures and structural vastness, and in particular the ethereal light she captures flawlessly, that give these paintings their unique grandeur. 

In recent years a move away from London has led to new inspiration.  Her instinctive grasp of the beauty and subtlety in variations of transient light, are perfectly suited to the exploration of the sweeping Downs surrounding her new home in Marlborough. Trained at St. Martin’s, Anna has had solo exhibitions in London and America, and her work has been sold in Italy, Switzerland and Germany.  

EDUCATION:

1963                 BA (Hons) Italian & Art History, University College, London.

1990 - 91          Year spent in California near San Francisco attending art  workshops.

1991 - 94          Central St Martin's School of Art, London.

EXHIBITIONS:

2003                 Beaux Arts Bath – Summer Exhibition

                         Shortlisted for Garrick-Milne Prize (Decision Pending).

2002                 Beaux Arts Bath – Summer Exhibition                                      

2001                 Beaux Arts Bath- Solo Exhibition

 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

 20:20:20:  Beaux Arts Bath - 20th Summer Exhibition

1999                 Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath

                         Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts Bath

1998                 Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts Bath

                         Geisler Gallery, Munich, Germany

 Handel House Painting Prize

1997                 Handel House, Devizes, Wiltshire.

                         Marlborough Festival                       

1996                Cadogan Art Gallery, London                        

1995                Solo show, Ainscough Gallery, Kensington,  London.

1994                Solo show, International House, Piccadilly, London.

1993                Open Studio, Brentford, London

1991                 Palo Alto Gallery,  U.S.A.

                         Drawing Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.

 PUBLICATIONS:

2001                         ‘Artists Eye’, Art Review

2002                          Illustrated article in ‘Artists and Illustrators’ April edition     

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