Angela BowenAngela was born in 1956 in Abergavenny. After a career as a freelance engraver and bringing up a family, she decided to get proper artistic credentials.In 2003-2005 she embarked on a Foundation Course in Art & Design at University of Wales Institute Cardiff, which she passed with distinction. In 2005 she started a BA degree course in Fine Art at UWIC, which she completed in 2008 (Hons.2/1). She is a member of the Abergavenny Art Group. ![]() "Like a crab, I retract into my own shell painting myself using the intimacy of just myself and a mirror, to create a finished canvas which enables the viewer to see fragments of my life which I would normally keep within my shell. Sensitivity is shown in the brushmarks which I achieve from painting left handed, using brush extensions and listening to a variety of music in the background." Other Details
1974-77
Porcelain Figure Paintress at Welsh Crest, Cwmbran and
thereafter a Freelance Machine Engraver. In 2007 she
went to Viterbo in Italy as an ERASMUS student to study
painting for three months. |
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