Plein air paintings of British scenes - BOTH SOLD
By Abigail Waddell
Original artworks
Oil on board
Framed
In order, as seen above:
Barnsley House Gardens - image 25x25cm, framed 37x37cm - £295
Cirencester Park - image 25x25cm, framed 37x37cm - £295
Talented and popular Cotswold artist, Abigail Waddell, is known for her dramatic big skies and cloudscapes, depicting Cotswold, Scottish and Devon or Cornish scenes. In the last two years she has also proven herself as a consummate 'plein air' painter of city scenes and garden vistas or trees, often on a smaller scale.
Here we have a pair of her smaller plein air works - Cotswolds green spaces near her home.
These works demonstrate both her key skill sets - a suggestion of vast space and skies along with scaled-down, energetic brush marks to depict marvellous rich colours, reflections and other forms.
Abigail has been immensely busy and successful in recent years, picking up awards along the way, and is fast building a reputation and following in the wider region for the confidence and range of her landscape work in oils.
For those who admire her skill and style, but don't have the wall space for one of her large paintings, this collection offers the ideal solution.
ABOUT ABIGAIL WADDELL
Abigail lives in the Cotswolds and paints mainly local landscapes, inspired when out and about walking in fields, villages and towns. She also loves to capture dramatic and energetic natural scenes related to her favourite places in the UK - in particular the landscapes and seascapes of North-West Scotland (where she has spent every summer for the past 25 years). Also Wales, Devon and Cornwall.
We're particularly drawn to her rolling clouds and the way they cast 'moving shadows' across the terrains beneath. Her landscapes often feel exciting or ominous, like we're there and watching the weather and the light unfold in front of us.
“I like to sketch and paint en plein air, often finishing works or creating larger works based on sketches when back in the studio. I favour oils for landscapes of land or sea in which the light and, in particular, the clouds demand an impressionistic approach, to allow the piece to reflect more than simply a snapshot of what is in front of me, and give the viewer a role in interpretation.”
Abigail carried off the winning place in the 2021 British Contemporary Art awards and takes part in a range of arts events in the region. Her work is increasingly recognised and sought-after across the UK.
Her latest accolade, in winter 2022, is picking up the People's Choice award in the British Art Prize, sponsored by Artists & Illustrators magazine, an annual, national art competition for artists of all levels to gain publicity and recognition. It's open to everyone – amateur, emerging or professional – all styles, media and techniques.