Anne Blundell

Based on the beautiful Lancashire Coast, Anne Blundell has found much inspiration both at home and on holiday, which contributes to her lively naïve paintings. Spending much time on her barge allows Anne Blundell to travel the country gathering inspiration for her art as she goes. Anne Blundell loves the simplicity of this work, where perspective rules don’t apply leaving the artist free to capture the true essence of the scene. Many of the recurring characters in her work tell the tale of daily life.

Anne Blundell writes: 'I grew up in what was a little fishing village on the outskirts of Southport, Lancashire. Our family house was third from the “Embankment” that held back the Irish Sea. My Grandfather was a fisherman and Southport was famous for its potted shrimp. As a child I was allowed to wander along the embankment and onto the marsh often joined by Malcolm who many years later became my husband and unsurprisingly he came from a family of fishermen. I attended a Girls grammar school and became a Registered Nurse. After marrying I joined a local company and over the years became the head of a National Metrology Laboratory. Throughout my working career I painted for friends and family. Now our children have grown up I have been able to give up full time work and concentrate on painting. We have never lived far from the sea and always take sea/lakeside holidays, from the Lake District and Cornwall to the Canadian Great Lakes and the Gulf Coast of Florida. All of these have been a great inspiration. What influences my painting? I enjoy nature and wild countryside yet like to feel as happy and carefree as I did wandering the Marsh and climbing over old washed up boats. Painting naive waterside scenes is particularly satisfying as I can express myself in the spirit of the story without the constraints of perspective or realistic hues, and enter a somewhat imaginative world where all can share in these holiday experiences and memories'.