The recurring inspiration for Angela's work is the flora and fauna of the British countryside. She has always loved birds - especially for their poetic form, shape, colour and atmosphere of place. Gulls of St Ives, summer blackbirds or the haunting sound of Curlews across the salt marshes of Norfolk are often a starting point for new paintings. It was Thomas Hardy who referred to birds as persistent intermits - moments of nature in all its many forms that can be experienced in a very personal way that can happen through listening to birds song, These moments can be just as powerful whether on a wild moor or watching a chirping bunch of sparrows in a city park.
The work Angela produces is not a literal portrait of her subject but an attempt to capture a distinct mood and atmosphere of animals, birds and landscape.
Angela's work has an allegorical aspect that has reference to British painters of the 1930's 40's and 50's - especially the work of artists such as Eric Ravillious, David Jones and Winifred Nicholson - as well as contemporary artists including Mary Fedden and the Scottish Colourists.
