Anne-Marie Butlin, "New Works"

Anne-Marie Butlin

© Thackeray Gallery 2020 Photography by Steve Tanner

Anne-Marie Butlin New Works

5 – 22 October 2021 PREVIEW DAYS Thursday 30 September: 12-6 Friday 1 October: 12-6 Saturday 2 October: 11-4 The entire exhibition can also be viewed at www.thackeraygallery.com All work is available to purchase now Front Cover: Field of Narcissi – oil on linen – 80 x 80cm

18 THACKERAY STREET

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KENSINGTON

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NEW WORKS

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I love the infinite variety of flowers and plants. My paintings are an attempt to convey the character of different flowers and the unique feeling they can create in a space; the strong structures and often the sheer joyfulness of their appearance. Winifred Nicholson described flowers as ‘the secret of the cosmos’, and I can understand this desire to connect with their magical, mysterious and timeless presence.

Recent work reflects the movement towards more naturalistic, seasonal planting. I often visit large formal gardens around the country, as well as using flowers from my own small London plot and a local, sustainable, cutting garden. Increasingly, though, I find inspiration from wildflowers which I come across in both urban green spaces and the countryside. I try to capture the quiet transitory moments which make any garden/green space such an oasis of calm, giving us space to contemplate and meditate, and reminding us of our mortality and place in the natural world.

Anne-Marie Butlin, 2021

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Midsummer Garden oil on linen – 120 x 150cm

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Blue Bayou, Dahlias oil on linen – 50 x 50cm

Bluebell Wood, Cornwall oil on linen – 50 x 50cm

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Pink Japanese Anemones oil on canvas – 90 x 120cm

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Primroses on Blue oil on linen – 30 x 30cm

Spring Flowers from the Garden oil on linen – 30 x 30cm

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Sissinghurst Clematis oil on canvas – 76 x 100cm

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Pink & White Cosmos oil on linen – 70 x 70cm

Hedgerow with Red Campion oil on linen – 70 x 70cm

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Cutting Garden Flowers - July oil on linen – 70 x 70cm

Pink Peonies oil on linen – 70 x 70cm

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Hollyhocks oil on linen – 90 x 90cm

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Pink Tulips - Light & Dreamy oil on linen – 50 x 50cm

White Tulips oil on linen – 60 x 60cm

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Primroses oil on linen – 20 x 20cm

Snowdrops oil on linen – 20 x 20cm

White Hellebores oil on linen – 20 x 20cm

Forget-me-nots oil on linen – 20 x 20cm

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Spring Garden - Tulips and Wallflowers oil on canvas – 76 x 100cm

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Early Morning Light (Japanese Anemones) oil on canvas – 90 x 90cm

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Wallflowers oil on linen – 30 x 30cm

Red Anemones oil on linen – 30 x 30cm

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Wild Rose oil on canvas – 76 x 100cm

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Pink and Peach Summer Flowers oil on linen – 70 x 70cm

Cutting Garden Flowers - April oil on linen – 70 x 70cm

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Bluebell Hedgerow oil on canvas – 76 x 100cm

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Light Pink Anemones oil on linen – 30 x 30cm

Cutting Garden Flowers - May oil on linen – 70 x 70cm

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Wild Hollyhocks oil on linen – 120 x 150cm

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Daisy Meadow II oil on linen – 60 x 60cm

Field of Narcissi oil on linen – 80 x 80cm

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Apple Blossom Tree oil on linen – 100 x 100cm

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Spring Border on Blue oil on canvas – 76 x 100cm

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BIOGRAPHY EDUCATION Harrow College of Art: Foundation Course Loughborough College of Art: Fine Art BA Hons Middlesex University: PGCE Art and Design SOLO EXHIBITIONS from 1995 - present Anna-Mei Chadwick Gallery, Fulham; Linda Blackstone Gallery, London;The Haberdashery, Crouch End, London; Beside the Wave Gallery, Falmouth; Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford;Thackeray Gallery, London SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS from 1988 - present Nottingham Castle Museum, Loseby Gallery, Leicester; The City Gallery Leicester, ‘Eleven Artists’, Leicestershire; Royal Academy of Arts, London Summer Exhibition; Soc. of Women Artists Open Westminster Gallery, London; Anna-Mei Chadwick Gallery, London; Royal Watercolour Society Open, Bankside Gallery, London; Foyles Art Gallery Foyles, London; Linda Blackstone Gallery; Royal College of Art, London Art for Youth; Contemporary Art Group Air Gallery, London; Battersea Library Art Gallery, London; Kate Howe Fine Art, London; Moran-Dervan Fine Art, New York; CCA Galleries, Farnham; The Royal Society of British Artists Mall Galleries, London; Josie Eastwood Fine Art; Beside the Wave Gallery, Falmouth; Iona House Gallery, Woodstock; Royal Academy of Arts London, Summer Exhibition; Gallerytop, Derbyshire; Cambridge Contemporary Art, Cambridge; Gorstella Gallery, Cheshire; Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London; Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford; ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London; Lighthouse Gallery, Penzance; Thackeray Gallery, London PRESS Featured numerous times Artists and Illustrators Magzine from the ‘Masterclass’ feature, to being published on the front cover.

Back Cover: “Pink and White Cosmos” – oil on linen – 70 x 70cm

18 THACKERAY STREET | KENSINGTON | LONDON W8 5ET www.thackeraygallery.com | enquiries@thackeraygallery.com | 020 7937 5883