Anita Woods is a figurative artist inspired by the animals, landscape and sea of West Wales where she lives and works. She paints mainly in mixed media and sometimes in oil or watercolour using unusual coloured and metallic grounds. Anita lives and works in Mid Wales. She has a range of prints and cards. She exhibits with The Waterfront Gallery in Milford Haven, Origin in Carmarthen, Oreil Llandudoch in St. Dogmaels, The Old Forge in Cardigan, Oriel Llanteglos in Amroth and in Queen Street Gallery in Neath. She also runs art workshops and painting holidays in beautiful surroundings near Devils Bridge, Ceredigion.
‘I spend a lot of time walking in West Wales, an area which inspires many of my seascapes and Animal Paintings. The sea is always so close, a constant presence and all my walks draw me towards the sea - a shaft of light, a silvery surface, a crash of a wave. I am led down a grassy lane, over a wooden stile, along a rocky cliff where I might glimpse a bird or hare or dog running on the beach. I am constantly trying to capture the changing light on the surface of the sea and the buildings within the surrounding landscape. The mood is always shifting from calm to windswept and stormy. There is such a huge array of colours in the sea and sky. The shadows shorten and lengthen as the sun moves through the day and the same view can appear completely different depending on the light, time of day and the weather.’
About : Anita M Woods Art - Artist based in Llansantffraed , Ceredigion
