Annabel Keatley

Annabel is an English painter living in southern Spain who responds to nature and its elements. She readily absorbs the colour, light and patterns of her surroundings and has always worked to convey the essence or feeling of a particular place. She paints both directly from the landscape making small watercolours on a textured ground of sand on paper, or in her studio from her imagination, using a mixture of oil, sand and beeswax.

Having trained at Edinburgh College of Art for her BA, and completing her Masters at Chelsea School of Art in London, Annabel was awarded a British Council grant and a Princes Trust award to tour her first solo show from Moscow to London. Following this she won numerous awards to paint and teach abroad and exhibited regularly in London until her move to Andalucia in 1996.

The small watercolours, always made on site, go a long way to express the love she has for the beauty of her surroundings. They are her immediate response to the colour, vibrancy and richness of the landscape.

Solo Exhibitions

2019
Primavera, The Rowley Gallery, London
2015
Galería Cartel, Granada
2009
Galeria Clemente, Malaga
1998
Alberdini, Malaga
1996
Blue Gallery, London
The Friends Room, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1992
Pump House Gallery, London
CBI Gallery, London
1991
Artbat Gallery, Moscow
Turtle Key Art Centre, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014
Arte Textil Experimental, Casa de la Cultura, Almuñécar
2012
SaloArte, Salobreña Castle
2006
Galeria Felicia Hall, Granada
2005
Galeria Molino de Hadriano, Malaga
2004
Galeria de Arte Laberinto, Malaga
2003
Cuadros Rodriguez, Malaga
1998
Casa de la Cultura, Malaga
1997
Artists Of Axarquia, Velez Malaga
1996
Blue Gallery, London
1994
10 Young Painters, Thompson's Gallery, London
1991
Three Painters, Turtle Key Arts Centre, London