Artist in Residence – Anna Nightingale

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Sometimes you have to die inside in order to rise from your own ashes, believe in yourself and love yourself to become a new person. Nothing remains as it was. I engage in painting based on what I know and I am interested in… some of the healthiest areas to realise are from your own experience. As time goes by you start to relate to things you did in the past and you have more ease, more distance from them so you can work with renewed energy emotion and movement. Sometimes a sketch you have done before can become, with work, a more grounded attempt. Bolder and explicit. The process is one of distillation to the point where it is just spirit. Just itself. Maybe it is the ultimate freedom to do whatever you want and not to be held down by a subject. Painting is beautiful. You have the knowledge in your head. You have the feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You are on your own and you are the one who will decide where to go.

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Anna Nightingale (b1974) in Chester Cheshire England. Since completing her Art Foundation course at West Cheshire College, Chester and graduating with a BA HONS Degree in Fine Art Painting from Central Saint Martins London, Anna has been a full time artist and Director of Intimate life events and Nightingale Interiors on Malta and Gozo. She has studios in Malta and Luxembourg.
Anna’s paintings hang in the conference rooms of the British Embassy, Malta, PwC Malta and Vodafone Malta and Vodafone Italy apart from many private collections in England Malta America and Dubai. The world famous Ivy restaurant in West Street London has two of Anna’s paintings. Anna has had 13 solo shows and participated in 20 group shows.