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photo by
Caryl Roese 2005
. ANGELA BOWEN
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"Landscape from a Train", 2005
oil pastel on hessian & board
28x32cm
"Caryl", 2005
oil pastel on hessian & board
47x33
"Abstract", 2006
mixed media on paper
28x32cm(1&2=private collections, 3=artist's collection)
Angela was born in 1956 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. After a career as a freelance engraver and bringing up a family, she decided to get proper artistic credentials. In 2003-2005 she embarked on a Foundation Course in Art & Design at University of Wales Institute Cardiff, which she passed with distinction. In 2005 she started a degree course BA(Fine Art) at UWIC, which she complete in 2008 (Hons.2/1). She signs her work as 'Angela'; member of the Abergavenny Arts Group.
Other Experiences: 1974-77 Porcelain Figure Paintress at Welsh Crest, Cwmbran; thereafter Freelance Machine Engraver. In 2007 she went to Viterbo in Italy as an ERASMUS student to study painting for three months.
Awards: 2005 joint winner of the Annual School Prize for Foundation Studies awarded by the School of Art & Design, University of Wales Institute Cardiff.
Commissions: serveral small painting commissions.
Exhibitions: 2004, 2005, 2006 (mixed) with the Abergavenny Art Group at Holy Trinity Church Hall Abergavenny; 2008 (mixed) at Howard Gardens Gallery Cardiff (graduation exhibition). .
Behind The Times, 2008, oil on canvas, 153x205cm
"Studio 409", 2008
oil on canvas
153x153cmcm
(Collection University of Wales Institute)
"Untitled", 2008
oil on linen
60x100cm
"All Out Flat Out", 2008
oil on canvas
153x153cm
(Private Collection)
