Details
Gloss and enamel on wood
H. 26 x w. 26 x d. 5 cm
 
 
About Angela Smith
"The contradictions between the way we look and the way we feel are central to my practice. 
Joker and Intent are part of a continuing series of creature paintings. Each square canvas is a clear window to a bold and confident creature, free from inhibitions.  The work is formed by pouring paint into pools with no preconceived starting point. The most interesting areas are worked into, bringing the forms to life. The surface of the paintings is important with sags and bulges suggesting wrinkled skin and imperfections that are embraced proudly. The creatures are feisty, challenging and wilful, their attitude is key. Characters who are happy to wear their heart on their sleeve."
 
Angela Smith graduated from the University of Brighton in 2008, with a degree in Fine Art Painting. She won the Cass Art Solo Show Award at the National Open Art Exhibition, which led to her exhibition Precarious in Islington in late 2018. Previous solo shows include Surface Tension at Lacey Contemporary Gallery London in 2016 and The Unsaid at New Greenham Arts Newbury which was awarded as a prize shortly after she graduated. Her work has been selected for many group shows including The London Group Open (2025, 2017, 2015, 2013), The Royal Academy (2022, 2012) and The Discerning Eye (2017, 2016, 2010, 2009) where she was awarded the Parker Harris prize.
 
 
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