Artist in Residence: Annabel Butler
Annabel Butler is figurative artist with a practice focused on drawing and painting. Annabel works on location in the tradition of en plein air painting as well as making studiobased assemblages and constructions that evolve out of the plein air paintings. Her current interest is the relationship between man and the natural world, specifically how human presence (or absence) can dramatically affect the psychological impact of a scene.
During her Primrose Park residency Annabel plans to expand a body of work that explores how human presence in her work (eg. figures, yachts, architecture) impacts the depiction of place. The proximity of the studios to the playing fields, tennis courts, yacht moorings and bushland walking tracks, provides an unparalleled opportunity to observe and paint the local community engaged in a variety of outdoor activities in and around Primrose Park.