About
Amanda Ansell is a contemporary British artist specialising in oil painting. In her Suffolk studio, Amanda’s painting practice continues to explore stillness and contemplation, the floating subject and the relationship between painter and nature. Her oil paintings are made in response to silent, serene spaces and reflect her experience of a quiet place. Her subjects include miniature islands, foam bubble forms, swans, trees and water.
Amanda was born in Sudbury, Suffolk in 1976 and after studying for a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Painting at Norwich School of Art and Design, 1995 – 1998, she was awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Board scholarship to study her Masters at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London. She was awarded a MFA with distinction, in 2000.
Her work has been widely exhibited and is featured in the Gissings Collection, London, as well as in numerous private collections. After studying and painting in London for seven years, Amanda Ansell returned to her homeland in 2006 to begin an artist residency at Firstsite, Colchester. The same year, a body of work was selected for exhibition at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge and she was nominated for Jerwood Contemporary Painters, London.
You will find a selection of Amanda Ansell’s art in the ‘Portfolio’ page. Some of these works are available to buy. For further details, please see the ‘Contact’ page.