Ann Marie Whitton

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  • Ann Marie Whitton Artist

    Original Handmade Art

  • About My Art

    My art is about exploring the 'family landscape'

    It is an 'out pouring' as a response to the recent death of my sister. We had an on/off relationship. She was a difficult person to grow up with. She had a baby at sixteen and I was only six. Our lives crossed now and again, and when it did we clashed. Later in her life we hardly ever spoke and we never became sisters again.

    This work exposes the viewer to themes such as estrangement, vulnerability, presence unsettled by absence, grief, longing, fragility and born from living experiences. But it does give a sense of fun, humour, endurance, hope, healing and recovery. I draw mostly with inks using sticks and brushes. I am intuitive and spontaneous with my approach. Inks with water give a dream like quality to the work. My colour work is mixed media with soft and oil pastels and watercolour paints. These materials make the work feel immediate.

    My figures are having adventures with animals, birds, nature, water, trees, rivers and each other. I often reference a fairy tale and mention my home town in the landscape. The man is myself, my male side. We are having fun in the landscape, playing with animals, collecting life giving water in pots and wandering the wilderness.

    I attended an Experimental Drawing Course with the artist Kate Walters at Newlyn School of Art. And it is on this course I was able to extend my drawing practise by exploring the breath, focussing on my body chakras and sketching the sacred flowers of the land. This course has opened up new bright doors with my drawing now.

    More about myself and courses I have attended

    Creativity, the Cosmos and the Body. Existential Tissue; Presence and Absence.... Artist Kate Walters. August 2026

    Experimental Drawing Artist Kate Walters. May 2026

    Year Long Mentoring Landscape Course. Newlyn School of Art, Cornwall. November 2025 to September 2026

    Year Long Studio Practise Course. Newlyn School of Art, Cornwall September 2022 to July 2023

    Artist Residency week at Brisons Veor, Cape Cornwall. July 2023

  • The latest from Ann Marie's Studio

    'The Others'

    Earlier this year my sister died. We had a difficult relationship.

    The drawings here are an 'out pouring' of my deep rooted feelings regarding my family.

    I call this series 'The Others'

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    Mother and Daughters

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Angels

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    She wanted a key to the house

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Baby Duck

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    She licked the Plate

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Dancing Sisters

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Goodbye Ducks

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Running with Horses

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Little Man

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Mary

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Royalty and Pride

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Stairway to Heaven

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Pram and the Cross

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    The Dolls House

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Broken Heart

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    The Queen

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    The Sisters

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    The Swing

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    The Fire and the Bottle

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Jealous Sister

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    The Clown

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    The Fallen Duck

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    The Foxes and the Sword

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    The Sword

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    The Angel with the Bird

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    The Walk from a Dream

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    The Sister Sewing

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    The Wedding

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Two Sisters

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Giving the Sister the Bowl

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Two Sister Statue

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Sister by the Well of Life

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Sister with the Geese

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Sister reaching for the Star

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    The Younger Sister

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Collecting Flowers with the Sister

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

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    Loving the Sister

    by Ann Marie Whitton

    Ink drawing on paper

  • The Blog

    Thoughts, musings, and ruminations.

    New Work for 2026
    1 juni 2026
    A Bit About Myself
    8 januari 2026
    My art practise is about drawing buildings. I am fascinated by them. My work uncovers a sense of nostalgia, memory, time, history, story telling, inheritance, sense of place, loss and decay. I ask myself 'Why do we love buildings?' 'What is a home?' 'Why do we identify with lost places?' ...
    Copper Shed Sculptures
    14 oktober 2025
    For about three years I have been making small sculptures from recycled copper and wood, plaster and concrete, plus a recent exploration into ceramics. I have followed a simple theme of 'On the Edge'. This evolved as I am interested in the idea of communities that are living 'on the edge' of...

  • The 'Woman' and the 'Man'

    Art work on pencil, ink, watercolour painting and lincout printing exploring the 'sister' with the man

    in the family landscape

    Sister Heads
    Sisters Talking Flower
    Three Houses
    She Spoke with Flowers
    Angel and Girl
    Man Collecting Water
    Looking
    Birdwoman with a Pot
    Crying with the Ducks
    The King Waves
    The Bird
    Flying
    The Bride
    They Listened to Music
    Jealous Queen
    Catching a Star
    King and Queen
    Big Cloud
    River Offering
    Bird Man
    Big Sister Crying
    What Comes After Love ?
    Big Sister Little Sister
    Big Flower
    Sister with Leaves
    The Boat Ride
    Bird Woman
    Duck Queen
    Woman with Fish
    The Lake
    Sister Heads
    Big Sister Crying
    What Comes After Love ?
    Big Sister Little Sister
    She Spoke with Flowers
    They Listened to Music
    Angel and Girl
    The Boat Ride
    Catching a Star
    Looking
    Duck Queen
    Big Cloud
    Crying with the Ducks
    The Lake
    Bird Man
    The Bird
    Sisters Talking Flower
    Flying
    Three Houses
    The Bride
    Big Flower
    Sister with Leaves
    Jealous Queen
    Man Collecting Water
    Bird Woman
    King and Queen
    Birdwoman with a Pot
    Woman with Fish
    River Offering
    The King Waves

  • Copper Sculptures

    Sheds, Houses and Boats

    Made from recycled found materials

    Copper Chapel
    Copper Shed No 1
    Copper Shed No 4
    On The Edge
    Copper Shed No 8
    Copper Shed No 7
    Copper Boat
    Aluminium Shed
    Copper Shed No 2
    Copper Shed No 3
    Copper Chapel
    Copper Boat
    Copper Shed No 1
    Copper Shed No 2
    Copper Shed No 7
    On The Edge
    Aluminium Shed
    Copper Shed No 8
    Copper Shed No 4
    Copper Shed No 3

  • 'The Man' Adventures

    In Carl Jung's theory, 'the man' is primarily defined throught the Animus which represents the unconscious, suppressed masculine traits within a woman's psyche.

    My work in this gallery is all about the adventures of 'the man'

    Man Crying Over Dead Bird
    Man Playing
    Man and Dead Bird Two
    Man and Pony
    Travelling in a Boat
    Man with Flowers
    The Angel Gives Advice
    Man Angel with Big Pot
    The Man has Eyes
    Man and Foxes Two
    Bowing Man
    Man's Head
    Blue Man and Water
    Man and the Cat Princess
    Man KIng and his Dogs
    Men and Pots
    The Man and Fox
    The Music Man
    The Shadow Man
    Man Pouring Water
    Man in the Wilderness
    Man and the Angel
    Man with Dogs
    Man and Dog
    Man, Ruin and Sun
    Man Under the Blossom Tree
    Man Collecting Water
    Man and Fish
    Man, Rocks and Sun
    Man and Pots
    Man and Tree
    Man and Water Jug
    Man and Woman
    Man in the Wilderness
    Man and Pots
    Man and the River
    Man with the Crow
    Man with Dog
    Man and Bird

  • Experimental Drawing

    Work created with Kate Walters Artist at Newlyn School of Art, Penzance, Cornwall. Part of a two day Experimental Drawing course. Focussing on our body Chakras, placing flowers in wounds of our bodies.

    Head Chakra
    Goddess
    Feet
    My work
    Blue Goddess
    Blue Goddess Feet
    Blue Goddess
    Blue Goddess
    My work
    Voice
    Head Chakra
    My work
    Mouth Tree
    Body
    Body and Flowers
    Throat
    Heart and Stomach
    Legs and Womb Flower
    Hands
    Head Ear
    Head Flower
    Head Mouth
    Heads at Newlyn
    Pink Head
    Blue Legs
    Head Group
    Portal
    Womb
    Third Eye Flower
    Third Eye
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