Ann Blockley RI (UK)

Ann Blockley RI SWA is a mixed media artist with a particular emphasis on water- based mediums. Her practice is always under critical re-assessment to allow it to develop and change – as nature itself does. She employs painterly textures, marks and edge values, being influenced by the way that the wanderings or happenings of a chosen material often echo nature itself and allowing this mark-making to influence the progress of the work.
Much time is spent outdoors gathering information to stay connected with the poetic, precious organic world of the woodland, hedge, field, and coast. In her studio the challenge is to retain and convey a remembered mood and create an air of mystery or magic. The aim is to subtly alter reality into something more elusive; making marks that are intriguing in themselves but sometimes merely allude to the facts.
IWM2026 is Ann’s second appearance at IWM.