Originally from UK, Abigail has been a frustrated artist since leaving High School. Retiring from full-time work (first teaching, then farming) finally gave her the opportunity to study Art, initially at TAFE and then through Open University. She is now developing her belated artistic career, primarily as a painter in watercolours and oils. Living in Albany’s beautiful bio-diversity hot-spot has inspired Abigail to combine her two lifelong passions, Nature and Art, into a singular and effective working whole which is steadily gaining her recognition.
Abigail has refined her artistic practice into two associated streams… working in pencil, watercolour and pastels for her detailed botanical and wildlife studies, and in oils for her larger ‘statement’ pieces – which can often be confronting.
Abigail focuses on the inhabitants and habitat of her home range around Albany, exploring the local effects of current catastrophic global environmental issues. She is deeply concerned with highlighting the plight of our increasingly rare and endangered flora and fauna, and her work aims to provoke viewers into taking action to ensure a sustainable, ecologically balanced future – for ourselves, and for our home planet.
Currently involved with both Albany Art Group (Chairperson) and Phoenix Fine Arts, Abigail exhibits regularly with both groups – see her website or Facebook Page for details.
Abigail’s artwork is now available through her Lower King studio – either during her regular Open Studio’s, or by appointment – and also online, through her website. Special Commissions and also pet portraits can easily be arranged.
Please see my website or Facebook Page for details.