Annabel Andrews

I was born in the Isle of Wight U.K. in 1940 and now live in El Escorial, Spain, having spent many years in the Canary Islands.

Over the years my artwork has also changed and matured, moving from figurative to wards abstract colour fields mostely refering to landscape.

On observing the light and shade in the woods, I started to arrange forms derived by the horizontals and verticals in order to obtain rectangles of colour and matter, keeping the sentation of perspective and deepness. From this moment I abandoned the concept of figure and background, and ignoring the perspective, situating all the forms on the same plane. Then ignored the variation of colours and matter until only the white canvas remained.....

My motivation is curiosity and a will to do better every day. My ambition to give peace and pleasure to others.

While still very young she obtained honours certificate from the Royal Drawing Society in England, and continued to study in private and municipal workshops in Gran Canaria, and on moving to Madrid, in the Fine Arts Circle. Classical tecniques learn in Academia Peña (Madrid). Engraving workshop in Las Rozas and in San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Landscape course of the Prado Museum. Also learning litograph techniques, and still takes part in a live model drawing group.

1975 Second Prize, Atlantic Fair (Gran Canaria)
1977 First Prize, Majadahonda (Madrid)
1978 First Prize, Caja de Ahorros de Majadahonda (Madrid)
1980 First Prize, Academia Peña (Madrid)
1987 Mention of Honor, IV Contest "Villa de las Rozas" (Madrid)
1989 Mention of Honor, City Hall of Majadahonda (Madrid)
1990 First Prize, City Hall of Majadahonda (Madrid)

1980 Sala Peña (Madrid)
1984 Aldaba Cultural Center (Madrid)
1988 Municipal Library of Las Rozas de Madrid
1990 House of Culture of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
1992 RA del Rey Gallery (Madrid)
1994 House of Culture of Majadahonda (Madrid)
1994 Medici Gallery (London)
1994 House of Culture, San Lorenzo de El Escorial
1996 House of Culture, San Lorenzo de El Escorial
1997 House of Culture of the Rozas de Madrid
1997 House of Culture, Sala Maruja Mallo, Las Rozas
1998 Gallery El Gayo Arte, Madrid
1998 House of Culture, San Lorenzo de El Escorial
2000 Gallery Pilar Mulet (The Collector), Madrid
2004 Gallery Espacio Guides, Madrid
2005 House of Culture, San Lorenzo de El Escorial
2007 Álvaro Sellés Gallery, San Lorenzo de El Escorial
2009 House of Culture, San Lorenzo de El Escorial
2010 Loft 55, Madrid
2011 Gallery Kreisler, Madrid
2015 Gallery Kreisler, Madrid
2016 Gallery Kreisler, Madrid

And more than 40 collective exhibitions.

Her works are in private collections in Europe and America.

Friendship with the spanish artists Pablo Palazuelo and José Guerrero influenced me most and was a way to abstract, minimalism and constructivism - in other words- freedom to do anything !.

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