Biography of josephine wall book

  • Josephine Wall is an English fantasy artist and sculptor.
  • This biography of Josephine Wall, the "Premier Spirit of Imagination Artist", describes the who, what, where and how she creates her art.
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    The art of painting to me is more than a career; it is an all-consuming obsession and a love of colour and form. Since the age of four, I have always known that there is nothing else that I wanted to do! I have so many images in my mind that it is a race against time to produce them all. Partly because of this sense of urgency, I choose to paint with acrylics, which allow me to complete work more quickly and create many different textured and colourful effects. I have been inspired by the greats such as Arthur Rackham, Magritte, and the pre-Raphaelites but most of my paintings center on nature, the preservation of which is a subject close to my heart. It is also important to me that people do not become bored with the image. This is why I like to paint in such detail and nearly always hide creatures, faces and other items within the painting, thus, hopefully, providing years of enjoyment. As people have become used to my style of work, they often find things that are not intentionally there!

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    Josephine Wall

    English fantasy artist and sculptor

    Josephine Wall (born May 1947 in Farnham, Surrey) is an Englishfantasy artist and sculptor.

    Biography

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    Early life

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    Educated at Farnham and Parkstone (Dorset) grammar schools, she studied at Bournemouth College and worked at Poole Pottery as a designer and painter of Delphis Ware.[1] Her pottery figures include characters from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and mythological creatures. Pieces of this work now feature in a book on the history of Poole Pottery.

    Paintings

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    Her paintings are mainly influenced and inspired by Arthur Rackham, with lesser influences from surrealist artists such as Magritte and Dalí, and the romanticism of the pre-Raphaelites.

    A number of her works were exhibited in Teheran and Tokyo during 1974 and her first solo exhibition took place the following year in Swindon. Josephine and her paintings were the subject of a special feature on Southern Television in 1990. Following a visit to the Spring Fair[2] in Birmingham in 1993 she signed contracts with firms in Britain and Switzerland to publish her work as prints, posters and cards for worldwide distribution.

    In addition to a range of Limited Edition Prints, Josephine Wall continues to work with

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