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Angela Melkis

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Artist's Biography


My aim is to capture the initial first impression of my subject. I hold the image in my head, and then painting from memory, with very few reference sketches or photographs, I have more freedom to use memory and imagination. This helps to create a more simplified image, which is a delicate balance between abstract and representational. Playing with the perspective and space within the picture helps to achieve an uncluttered image of what remains in the mind’s eye after first seeing the subject.

My latest series of paintings is inspired by the bold textures and patterns found in modern crop farming, and the impact this has on our landscape. Our rural landscape is totally man made, including the planting (and destruction), of hedgerows and coppice's.


Past Exhibitions include:

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham, West Midlands.

The White Space Art Gallery, Greenwich Market, London.

‘The Affordable Art Fair’, Battersea Park, London.

The Wonderwall Gallery, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

Artifex, The Mitchell Centre, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands.

The Art Works, Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Obsidian Art Gallery, Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire.

Rugby Open, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Warwickshire.

'Solent Art Fair', Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth Harbour.

Warwickshire Art Week 2006, The Coombe Gallery, Coombe Country Park, Coventry, West Midlands.

Awards and prizes:

The 2004 RADFAS Rugby Open Painting award, presented by the Rugby Decorative and Fine Arts Society.

The 2005 Rugby & District Arts Society, Oil Painting Prize.

The 2005 Rugby Open, Andrew Varah Craft Prize.


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A room by room guide to my online gallery of art
Semi-Abstract Agricultural landscapesGallery Room 1:Semi-Abstract Agricultural landscapes
(10 images)
Other LandscapesGallery Room 2:Other Landscapes
(10 images)
SunsetsGallery Room 3:Sunsets
(3 images)
TreesGallery Room 4:Trees
(14 images)
SeascapesGallery Room 5:Seascapes
(3 images)
FloralGallery Room 6:Floral
(6 images)
£100 - £200Gallery Room 7:£100 - £200
(2 images)
Under £100Gallery Room 8:Under £100
(2 images)
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