{"product_id":"sheila-wallis-oao-is-for-avocet","title":"146. Sheila Wallis - 'A' is for Avocet","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eWatercolour, gouache and 24 carat gold on paper.\u003cbr\u003e17.8 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSheila Wallis is a British artist whose practice employs traditional figurative skills across a wide range of subjects and source materials. Her work explores the formal and critical possibilities of painting and drawing, drawing on film stills, photography, archival imagery, and X-rays to examine memory, representation, and perception. In recent years, Wallis has increasingly turned her attention to the ancient art of illumination, combining contemporary concerns with historical techniques and devotional traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking across painting and drawing, her practice balances technical precision with conceptual enquiry, often investigating how images carry traces of history, narrative, and human experience. Through layered references and carefully constructed compositions, Wallis reconsiders the relationship between contemporary image culture and traditional forms of making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe completed an MA in Fine Art (Distinction) at City and Guilds of London Art School in 2014, following a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at University for the Creative Arts in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected exhibitions include the SFSA Drawing Open, London (2023); SFSA Painting Open, London (2022); the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London (2018, 2021 \u0026amp; 2022); the Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries, London (2022); Art on a Postcard at The Bomb Factory, London (2022); the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours at Mall Galleries, London (2020); \u003cem\u003eA Change of Season\u003c\/em\u003e at The Gallery Holt, Norfolk (2020); \u003cem\u003eThe Seventh View\u003c\/em\u003e at C24 Gallery, New York (2020); the ING Discerning Eye at Mall Galleries, London (2019); \u003cem\u003eFluid\u003c\/em\u003e at Espacio Gallery, London (2019); and the Gemini Prize Exhibition at Menier Gallery, London (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer awards include the London and the South East Regional Prize at the ING Discerning Eye (2019 and 2021), the Principal’s Prize at City and Guilds of London Art School (2014), the Columbia Threadneedle Prize (2009), the Winsor \u0026amp; Newton Painting Prize, and the Watts Gallery Painting Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer work is held in the ING Discerning Eye Collection, London, as well as private collections internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"No insurance (+£0)","offer_id":57733098996086,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK insurance (+£15)","offer_id":58013657137526,"sku":null,"price":415.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance (+£25)","offer_id":57987669229942,"sku":null,"price":425.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance (+£35)","offer_id":57987669262710,"sku":null,"price":435.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork146.jpg?v=1776950271","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/sheila-wallis-oao-is-for-avocet","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}