ABOUt Anna

Anna Michell is a self taught artist who transitioned to painting following a career in fashion photography, whose paintings explore the power of the female gaze and its ability to challenge patriarchal norms. Her experience in the fashion world has influenced her artistic style, evidenced by meticulous focus on physical form and beautiful lighting.

 

Through the medium of fashion photography Anna had been making images of the human form for a decade and, being a strident feminist with a desire to do everything her own way, she gravitated towards the power dynamic that is created by the female gaze, depicting Adonis like male bodies that contrast machismo with sensuality. Equally fascinating to her is humanity’s inexorable relationship to Earth and the part we are playing in our own destruction. The inclusion of natural elements in all her paintings express connection, vulnerability and mortality.

 

Anna’s work plays upon female fantasies and the symbolism in nature. Her paintings invite the viewer to share her experience exploring, questioning, and revelling in desire without shame.