Autumn Tangle and Autumn Flow
By Angie Spencer
Original artworks
Oil on board
Framed
Image size: H: 40cm x W: 40cm
Framed size: H:43cm xW:43cm
£375 each
In order as above:
- Autumn Tangle
- Autumn Flow
As a dedicated plein air painter, Angie is to be found outside, in all weathers, capturing the water and woodlands near her Stroud home.
This pair of new autumn 2024 paintings are of the River Frome near her home and they offset autumn russets and browns against the turquoise blue of the rushing water: "I've been enjoying the mad tangle of the foliage down at my morning tea place on Frome Banks and had to paint it."
Across the seasons, Angie chooses views from quiet or secluded corners of the South Cotswolds - with a particular fondness for its water features, her favourite subject. She often cycles to her location and pitches her travelling easel outside to sketch and paint plein air, finishing the piece back in her studio.
These river paintings are reminiscent of a large series of works by Angie which recorded the River Frome from its source to its end point. They are typically vibrant, wiith lively brush strokes and clever observation of shapes and shadows.
ABOUT ANGIE SPENCER
Angie was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire in 1959 and now lives in Stroud where she has her studio.
Her paintings explore the beauty of the landscape. She has a particular love of - and expertise in - painting the moving waters of rivers and lakes where she swims regularly throughout the year.
She works mostly in oils ‘en plein air’ and draws inspiration from the Romantic movement and their approach to the landscape. If work is developed in the studio it always begins with plein air drawings rather than with photographs.
“I find that there is no substitute for direct observation. I paint best when I'm immersed in the landscape. There are colours and subtleties in nature that are difficult to imagine in the studio. The direct effects of light and atmosphere can only ever be hinted at in a painting but there is a greater chance of capturing it if one is observing carefully from life.”
Angie graduated with a BA in Fine Art at the University of Gloucestershire in 2004. She is also a classical violinist and, currently, is leader of the Stroud Symphony Orchestra, as well as playing in the Capriol Chamber Orchestra and in a string quartet.