Mari I'Anson - Artist

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Mari I'Anson - A life of painting

Mari at work in her studio

Mari I'Anson has painted all her life. Following a classic art school education, she worked as an illustrator before deciding to paint full time. She takes commissions for illustration and paintings and has recently published a book; 'Mari I'Anson's Finchley Sketchbook' with 64 pages of coloured sketches of her local area.

In recent years, Mari has travelled extensively. Seeking winter sunshine she escaped the grey skies of London and with sketchbook ready has captured the ochres and olives of Tuscany, the browns and greens of winter landscapes in Andalusia, Southern Spain and the bright colours of the markets in Thailand. It was here, in Bangkok that she worked as artist-in-residence for four successive winters in Patana International School selling many watercolours of Thailand in exhibitions in the school. Then India beckoned and Mari travelled all over the country, filling her sketchbooks and turning them into canvasses on her return to her Finchley studio. Two winters in San Miguel de Allende, a town in the mountains north of Mexico City where artists and writers, mostly Americans, create a haven for the arts. Here, she painted from a rooftop studio selling her paintings in the town and later exhibiting oils and acrylics in London.

Mari is a member of The United Society of Artists, The Highgate Watercolour Group and is listed in "Who's Who in Art"

Exhibitions 2010

13th -17th April (may be extended)
United Society of Artists
The Menier Gallery,
Southwark Street,
London SE1 1RU
10-6pm

 

8th-23rd May
The Finchley Art Society,
Trinity Church Foyer,
Nether Street,
London N12 7NN
9-6pm, Sundays 2-6pm

Saturday 15th May
Art Auction and sale
(in aid of church organ restoration)
St. Mary's Church Hall
Hendon Lane
Finchley Church End.
London N3 1TR
7pm

16th -25th May
Barnet Arts Council
The Spires Shopping Centre,
Barnet EN5 4JD
10am onwards
 
 
 

Exhibitions 2009

Lauderdale House with Rotary Club
Finchley Art Society, N12
Lauderdale House, Highgate Watercolour Group
The Chocolate factory, Southwark, London

Exhibitions 2008

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
The Bhavan Centre for Indian Culture
Burgh House, Hampstead London NW3
 
 

Exhibitions 2007

The Lloyd Gill Gallery, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
The artsdepot, North Finchley, London
East Finchley Open
Rotary Annual, Highgate, London
 

Exhibitions 2006

The Picture Factory, London N12
Lauderdale House, Highgate, London N6
The Mall Galleries, London. SW1
St. George's Hospital, Tooting, London
Chipping Barnet Library, Barnet, Herts
The Noble Sage, London N2