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Mary Jane Ansell
Brighton, UK
Posted: 7.6.09
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About Mary Jane:
Mary Jane Ansell graduated from Brighton University in 1994 and now works from her studio in the heart of Brighton’s North Laine.
After only beginning to seriously exhibit her work in 2002, she was selected for both the 2004 BP National Portrait Award and The Daily Mails Not the Turner Prize she was also prize winner in LondonArts Art of Love competition held at the Arndale Gallery, Cork Street London.
2004 also saw her supporting the national charitable initiative Big Arts Week spending a week with children, at Stanford Infant School during June encouraging them to explore portraiture for themselves.
2005 continued to be just as eventful. Mary Jane won the Sussex Open Painting Award at Brighton and Hove Museum and was selected for the Royal Society Of Portrait Painters annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London followed by a second selection for LondonArts Art of Love competition held at the Oxo Tower Gallery, London in February.
2006 opened with an invitation to produce a portrait, one of 150 to be auctioned as part of The National Portrait Gallery’s 150th Anniversary Gala celebrations. Along with celebrities such as Mario Testino, Bruce Oldfield, Sam Taylor-Wood, Sophie Dahl and Jerry Hall – artists and sitters joined forces for National Portrait Gallery’s 150th Anniversary Appeal: ‘Collecting for the Future’ raising money for future collections.
Mary Jane is currently working towards her next solo show be held at Fairfax, Chelsea in Sept 2009.
A-B-S-O-L-U-T-L-Y S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G… All of your work is!
slightly haunting, very interesting.
beautiful paintings… brava!
Absolutely exquisite! Such detail! They capture so much life! The two of them are nothing short of perfection!
Beyond words. . . as always,a glorious feast for the heart.Long may you continue to deliver perfection !
The Porcelain and Instance paintings are the best in my opinion. They seem to be going beyond portraiture. They are more ethereal and therefore more compelling. Stunning…
This is great painting really is, instantly fell in love with both of them.
Despite the exquisite craftsmanship, all of her work looks to be in dire need of Prozac.
Move over Mona
Very nice! Looks like they were airbrushed….
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