Anona / Custard apple in watercolour
This Anona was handed to me by the owner of the house in Arco Da Calheta that we were thinking of buying. Eight months later we have now moved into that same house and the Anona tree is just outside my art room.
I have been painting for 15 years starting with oils and finally progressing to watercolour then my interest moved to botanical art.
This painting was sent to The Society of Botanical Artists in England (www.soc-botanical-artists-org) as part of my final exam where I had to produce 3 paintings. I had signed up for their Distant Learning Course when living in Denmark as botanical art is practically non existent there. I enjoyed the course so much despite it being intense and dedicated work, it lasted a total of 27 months and I passed with distinction which is in the 90%-100% mark criteria and I was so pleased to have achieved that after working incredibly hard. For the final I was literally doing a 6 day week in order to complete and my eyes were really strained.
It was my new found interest in botanical art that brought my husband and I over here to see the "Garden of the World" and from that point we have now moved over. He still has his work in Denmark but commutes over and I can start to really enjoy the fantastic variety and abundance of plant life here and once the furniture removal boxes have been unpacked and things have settled down I will start painting again.
The next goal is The SBA exhibition in London next year where I have to have 5 paintings accepted then I am allowed membership-which is my goal. From there I would like to try RHS and other botanical societies and just keep improving my work. So my plan from end of October to February is that I will be slaving over a steamy paintbrush and paper to achieve that aim. I know that there are at least 2 other botanical artists on the island and I am hoping to make contact with them in the near future or any other artists here for that matter.
This particular painting is not for sale as it has to go into the exhibition next year and be on sale. I have other paintings on my web-site www.angieart.minisite.dk it is a bit out of date and I have 10 other botanical paintings here at home, not on the web-site yet more up-to-date. If anyone is interested in my paintings, contact or information about The Society of Botanical Artists my e-mail address is angiedk11@hotmail.com. Angie
