Anna Bush

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Anna Bush is a contemporary portrait painter.
Anna takes family photographs and recreates them on canvas but with a slight twist.
She featured works in the RA Summer Exhibition 2018 and 2021.

Anna Bush is a portrait painter who invites viewers on a nostalgic journey through her family’s photo albums. Born in 1982 in Chatham, UK, Anna works with various mediums, focusing primarily on painting and photography. Taking inspiration from ‘the family snapshot’, Anna explores ideas of personal and collective memory. The artist has a degree in Fine Art Painting from The University of the Arts, London.

Anna Bush’s Artistic Process

Influenced by artists such as Mark Tennant, Gerhardt Richter and David Storey, Anna humbles the distinction between realism and abstraction. Painting from a collection of Polaroids and Kodachrome slides, each painting presents a unique colour scheme - depending on the type of film stock, filter and techniques used in the original photograph. Anna generally intends to recreate the portraits with limited brushstrokes, leaving space for imagination and encouraging viewers to fill the gaps with their own memories and interpretations.

Press and Exhibitions

Anna has artwork in private collections around the world. She exhibited her work in the 250th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2018. In 2021, she took part in The Turner Contemporary Open show in Margate, UK. Works by Anna were hand-selected by Dario Illari, Founder of Jealous Gallery and Artfinder Curator, for their Top Print Picks 2021. Anna now lives and works in Oxfordshire, UK.

Anna Bush Artworks

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    Trinidad, Cuba by Anna Bush
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    Trinidad, Cuba by Anna Bush

    Trinidad, Cuba

    Prints - 33x28 cm
    Polaroid by Anna Bush
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    Polaroid by Anna Bush

    Polaroid

    Prints - 42x30 cm
    Lovely Legs by Anna Bush
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    Lovely Legs by Anna Bush

    Lovely Legs

    Prints - 42x30 cm
    The School Photograph by Anna Bush
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    The School Photograph by Anna Bush

    The School Photograph

    Prints - 30x42 cm
    Dad  by Anna Bush
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    Dad  by Anna Bush

    Dad

    Prints - 42x30 cm
    Pontins by Anna Bush
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    Pontins by Anna Bush

    Pontins

    Prints - 42x30 cm
    A New Term 1973 by Anna Bush
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    A New Term 1973 by Anna Bush

    A New Term 1973

    Prints - 30x42 cm
    Kodachrome  by Anna Bush
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    Kodachrome  by Anna Bush

    Kodachrome

    Prints - 42x30 cm
    Milk by Anna Bush
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    Milk by Anna Bush

    Milk

    Prints - 30x42 cm
    London Town  by Anna Bush
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    London Town  by Anna Bush

    London Town

    Prints - 42x30 cm
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    Glad Rags by Anna Bush

    Glad Rags

    Prints - 42x30 cm
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    Gramps by Anna Bush

    Gramps

    Prints - 30x42 cm

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