Angela Hooton

Angela Hooton
I studied Drawing and Painting at the Glasgow School of Art.
My inspiration comes from the natural world – from direct observation of plants and the landscape. I also work from my imagination, creating illustrative, highly stylised and decorative images whilst still including elements from nature.
In my paintings, I design and simplify the content in order to provide a composition of lines and shapes to create a decorative result.
The watercolour paint is built up using glazes creating smooth gradients and an intensity of hue. I use plants as a foil for the ‘Girl and Fox’ and for other figures who are central to these compositions.