{"product_id":"jennifer-anderson-indigo-light","title":"157. Jennifer Anderson  - Indigo Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eOil on canvas\u003cbr\u003e15 x 15 cm\u003cbr\u003eSigned on Verso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJennifer Anderson combines clear-eyed observation with formidable illusionistic skill to produce sensitive, psychologically charged portraits. Working within tightly cropped compositions and often illuminated by stark winter light, her paintings convey both the tangible physical presence of her subjects and the emotional distance or unknowability that lies beneath the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer portraits are marked by an intense attentiveness to skin, light, and atmosphere, balancing realism with a subtle sense of tension and introspection. Anderson’s work explores the fragile boundary between external appearance and interior life, creating images that feel at once intimate and elusive. Through restrained compositions and highly controlled paint handling, she captures moments of stillness charged with psychological complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnderson completed a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Painting at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland (1994–1997).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSolo exhibitions include shows at Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath (2020 \u0026amp; 2018); Flying Colours Gallery, London (2015); \u003cem\u003eSkin Deep\u003c\/em\u003e at Maclean Fine Art, Cork Street, London (2007); and exhibitions with Maclean Fine Art at the London Art Fair (2003 \u0026amp; 2005). Earlier solo exhibitions include The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow (1998 \u0026amp; 2000).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected group exhibitions include the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery, London (2001, 2004, 2005, 2009 \u0026amp; 2019); the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London (2006); the Royal Society of Portrait Painters at Mall Galleries, London (2005, 2006, 2014, 2016, 2018 \u0026amp; 2020); the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries (2019 \u0026amp; 2020); the Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries (2018 \u0026amp; 2020); the Society of Women Artists, Mall Galleries (2018 \u0026amp; 2020); the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (1998, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 \u0026amp; 2019); the Royal Glasgow Institute, Glasgow (2001 \u0026amp; 2006); the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (2014 \u0026amp; 2019); and \u003cem\u003eFresh Paint\u003c\/em\u003e with Maclean Fine Art at Arndean Gallery, Cork Street, London (2001 \u0026amp; 2002).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer awards include the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Windsor \u0026amp; Newton Non-Member Award, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters HSBC Investment Management Award, the Royal Glasgow Institute David Cargill Award, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Arts Club Prize, the National Open Art Competition Regional Prize for Scotland and the North, the George Duncan of Drumfork Travel Scholarship, the Ewan Mitchell Award for Figurative Painting, the Royal Glasgow Institute Strathearn Gallery Prize, the Paisley Art Institute Miller’s Creativity Award, the Paisley Art Institute Glasgow Arts Club Award, and The Lady Artist’s Club Trust Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable portrait commissions include portraits of Roger Penrose for Wadham College, Oxford; Sir Curtis Price for New College, Oxford; Dame Frances Kirwan for Magdalen College, Oxford; Dame Hermione Lee for Wolfson College, Oxford; Neil MacGregor and Thomas P. Campbell for New College, Oxford; Dr Wilson Sutherland for New College, Oxford; Mervyn Rolfe, Lord Provost of Dundee; and Dr Ian Graham-Bryce, Principal of Dundee University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"No insurance (+£0)","offer_id":57733101158774,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK insurance (+£15)","offer_id":58013662773622,"sku":null,"price":765.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance (+£25)","offer_id":57987673227638,"sku":null,"price":775.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance (+£35)","offer_id":57987673260406,"sku":null,"price":785.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork157.jpg?v=1776950272","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/jennifer-anderson-indigo-light","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}