Artworks by Anna Walsh

 I was brought up with a love of nature and animals, spending much time in the country, including the west coast of Ireland where my dad is from and on my aunties farm in Worcestershire; so despite living in a small flat in south London, where I moved after completing my MA at Camberwell college of arts, this is what inspires me the most in my artistic career.

Living in the city but having a strong affinity with nature creates a certain dynamic in my work. I am interested in the human/ animal relationship and how we interact with some breeds: creating icons out of some and despising others. Using animals as symbols is an age-old tradition in art; they represent so much more than just a physical form.

I  love drawing, oil painting, watercolour, collage, book making, printmaking, photography and using digital mediums to name just a few mediums. Here I have focussed mainly on my printmaking (screen and digital mostly), as at present these are the methods I feel express my ideas and visualisations the best, particularly with reference to appropriating natural history illustrations.