Ann makes art as inherently as breathing; it flows through her fingers and out into the world on paper, in clay, even cement. Her first paintings were done as a child in one of the out islands of the Bahamas where she painted the Bahamian ladies in oil. Her sculptures were first made even earlier made from iron rich ditch clay from her family’s farm in Sussex, she fired them in a dustbin full of sawdust and still has them to this day. Her work is a continuous series, a flow that mirrors the strong sculptural lines, which characterise her work. At times spare and bold her work strips away the superfluous noise in her world and becomes one with her subconscious creating profound pieces which elevate us into a spiritual place. Her work often has classical mythology and biblical references. She is inspired by many artists including; Matisse, Picasso, and Vanessa Bell.

Her work is always made in response to an event, a happening, a moment in her life, whether it be internal, external, place related, or about something she has read or seen. Like a visual journal, she works either directly from life or from her imagination and often one becomes the other.

“I always take a sketchbook and wherever I am I just start drawing and see where I get to… These days I often use chalk pastels to start the process, I tend to use either white or any colour that I most feel like using which can often have little to do with what’s in front of me. Then I tend to rub everything out with a cloth and see what I have and then work back in with paint or pastel or line or an eraser.
My work has changed from a more planned approach (drawings were always spontaneous) to an across the board spontaneity even when I am working with concrete.
My work a strong thread that has run through my 58 years, it has comforted me and kept me company and through it I have endeavored to make sense of things as I journey along.”

Ann’s work is sought after and collected internationally, she has exhibited widely and won several award and prizes including the Dorothy Fielding Prize for Anatomy, the Edward Fawcett memorial prize for Anatomy, a Distinction in Anatomy at 2nd MB CHB and the Anatomy Illustration Prize.

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SCULPTURE BY ANN FARLEY

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3088C Lovers in Dream Garden, Kathmandu – Ann Farley
3088C Lovers in Dream Garden, Kathmandu – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media [space_20] Image size: 14cm x 10.5cm Outside frame size: 30cm x 28.5cm [space_20] [space_20]
£295.00 Add to cart
3089C Charollais Under the Copper Beeches, Fairfields Stogursey – Ann Farley
3089C Charollais Under the Copper Beeches, Fairfields Stogursey – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media [space_20] Image size: 19.5cm x 21.5cm Outside frame size: 38cm x 41cm [space_20] [space_20]
£255.00 Add to cart
3090C Assynt Landscape, Ram – Ann Farley
3090C Assynt Landscape, Ram – Ann Farley
Mixed Media and Collage on Board [space_20] Image size: 28cm x 8cm Outside frame size: 44cm x 25cm [space_20] [space_20]
£265.00 Add to cart
3090C Vapour Trails I – Ann Farley
3090C Vapour Trails I – Ann Farley
Framed original collage [space_20] Image size: 25cm x 23.5cm Outside frame size: 37cm x 38cm [space_20] [space_20]
£265.00 Add to cart
3091C Lynton Church – Ann Farley
3091C Lynton Church – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media [space_20] Image size: 28.5cm x 26.5cm Outside frame size: 46cm x 47cm [space_20] [space_20]
£365.00 Add to cart
3093C The End of the Road- Ann Farley
3093C The End of the Road- Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media [space_20] Image size: 43cm x 21cm Outside frame size: 65cm x 43cm [space_20] [space_20]
£445.00 Add to cart
3094C Akaroa (Banks Peninsula) New Zealand – Ann Farley
3094C Akaroa (Banks Peninsula) New Zealand – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media [space_20] Image size: 42cm x 33.5cm Outside frame size: 62.5cm x 55.5cm [space_20] [space_20]
£495.00 Add to cart
3096C Snowdrops – Ann Farley
3096C Snowdrops – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media [space_20] Image size: 37.5cm x 24.5cm Outside frame size: 57cm x 42cm [space_20] [space_20]
£250.00 Add to cart
3097C Vapour Trails III – Ann Farley
3097C Vapour Trails III – Ann Farley
Framed original collage [space_20] Image size: 24cm x 26cm Outside frame size: 37cm x 38cm [space_20] [space_20]
£265.00 Add to cart
3098C Vapour Trails II – Ann Farley
3098C Vapour Trails II – Ann Farley
Framed original collage [space_20] Image size: 25cm x 23.5cm Outside frame size: 37cm x 38cm [space_20] [space_20]
£265.00 Add to cart
3100C Standing Stone I – Ann Farley
3100C Standing Stone I – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media and collage [space_20] Image size: 15cm x 20cm Outside frame size: 27.5cm x 33cm [space_20] [space_20]
£225.00 Add to cart
3101C Standing Stone II – Ann Farley
3101C Standing Stone II – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media and collage [space_20] Image size: 15cm x 20cm Outside frame size: 27.5cm x 33cm [space_20] [space_20]
£225.00 Add to cart
3102C Mother and Child – Ann Farley
3102C Mother and Child – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media and collage [space_20] Image size: 15cm x 20cm Outside frame size: 27.5cm x 33cm [space_20] [space_20]
£225.00 Add to cart
3103C Mother – Ann Farley
3103C Mother – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media and collage [space_20] Image size: 10.5cm x 15cm Outside frame size: 26.5cm x 31.5cm [space_20] [space_20]
£225.00 Add to cart
3104C Gorse in Bloom over Hurlstone – Ann Farley
3104C Gorse in Bloom over Hurlstone – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media [space_20] Image size: 28cm x 17.5cm Outside frame size: 43cm x 34.5cm [space_20] [space_20]
£325.00 Add to cart
3105C Selworthy Church – Ann Farley
3105C Selworthy Church – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media and collage [space_20] Image size: 18.5cm x 12.5cm Outside frame size: 35cm x 30cm [space_20] [space_20]
£375.00 Add to cart
3107C Grahams’s Pool – Ann Farley
3107C Grahams’s Pool – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media [space_20] Image size: 62cm x 47.5cm Outside frame size: 88cm x 68.5cm [space_20] [space_20]
£595.00 Add to cart
3108C Procession of Characters I – Ann Farley
3108C Procession of Characters I – Ann Farley
Framed original painting on paper [space_20] Image size: 58.5cm x 20.5cm Outside frame size: 78cm x 39cm [space_20] [space_20]
£595.00 Add to cart
3109C Procession of Characters II – Ann Farley
3109C Procession of Characters II – Ann Farley
Framed original painting on paper [space_20] Image size: 55cm x 20.5cm Outside frame size: 774cm x 39cm [space_20] [space_20]
£595.00 Add to cart
Albatross – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Albatross – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Mounted signed limited edition print (edition of 100 copies) From Ann Farley's stop motion film 'The Man Who Mends Things' [space_20] Image size: 35cm x 26cm Outside mount size: 51cm x 43cm [space_20] [space_20]
£135.00 Add to cart
Eric and the Neighbours – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Eric and the Neighbours – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Mounted signed limited edition print (edition of 100 copies) From Ann Farley's stop motion film 'The Man Who Mends Things' [space_20] Image size: 35cm x 26cm Outside mount size: 51cm x 43cm [space_20] [space_20]
£135.00 Add to cart
Eric Sleeping – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Eric Sleeping – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Mounted signed limited edition print (edition of 100 copies) From Ann Farley's stop motion film 'The Man Who Mends Things' [space_20] Image size: 35cm x 26cm Outside mount size: 51cm x 43cm [space_20] [space_20]
£135.00 Add to cart
Eric’s Bicycle – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Eric’s Bicycle – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Mounted signed limited edition print (edition of 100 copies) From Ann Farley's stop motion film 'The Man Who Mends Things' [space_20] Image size: 35cm x 26cm Outside mount size: 51cm x 43cm [space_20] [space_20]
£135.00 Add to cart
Eric’s Workshop – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Eric’s Workshop – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Mounted signed limited edition print (edition of 100 copies) From Ann Farley's stop motion film 'The Man Who Mends Things' [space_20] Image size: 35cm x 26cm Outside mount size: 51cm x 43cm [space_20] [space_20]
£135.00 Add to cart
Fishing – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Fishing – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Mounted signed limited edition print (edition of 100 copies) From Ann Farley's stop motion film 'The Man Who Mends Things' [space_20] Image size: 35cm x 26cm Outside mount size: 51cm x 43cm [space_20] [space_20]
£135.00 Add to cart
The New Leg – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
The New Leg – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Mounted signed limited edition print (edition of 100 copies) From Ann Farley's stop motion film 'The Man Who Mends Things' [space_20] Image size: 35cm x 26cm Outside mount size: 51cm x 43cm [space_20] [space_20]
£135.00 Add to cart
Reference Books – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Reference Books – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Mounted signed limited edition print (edition of 100 copies) From Ann Farley's stop motion film 'The Man Who Mends Things' [space_20] Image size: 35cm x 26cm Outside mount size: 51cm x 43cm [space_20] [space_20]
£135.00 Add to cart
The Boy and the Bush – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
The Boy and the Bush – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Mounted signed limited edition print (edition of 100 copies) From Ann Farley's stop motion film 'The Man Who Mends Things' [space_20] Image size: 35cm x 26cm Outside mount size: 51cm x 43cm [space_20] [space_20]
£135.00 Add to cart
The Mending – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
The Mending – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Mounted signed limited edition print (edition of 100 copies) From Ann Farley's stop motion film 'The Man Who Mends Things' [space_20] Image size: 35cm x 26cm Outside mount size: 51cm x 43cm [space_20] [space_20]
£135.00 Add to cart
Eric’s Coat- Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Eric’s Coat- Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Mounted signed limited edition print (edition of 100 copies) From Ann Farley's stop motion film 'The Man Who Mends Things' [space_20] Image size: 26cm x 26cm Outside mount size: 43cm x 43cm [space_20] [space_20]
£135.00 Add to cart
The New Tail – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
The New Tail – Signed Limited Edition Print- Ann Farley
Mounted signed limited edition print (edition of 100 copies) From Ann Farley's stop motion film 'The Man Who Mends Things' [space_20] Image size: 35cm x 26cm Outside mount size: 51cm x 43cm [space_20] [space_20]
£135.00 Add to cart
2277C Singing to the Seals – Ann Farley
2277C Singing to the Seals – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media [space_20] Image size: 29.5cm x 31.5cm Outside frame size: 48cm x 49cm [space_20] [space_20]
£365.00 Add to cart
2278C Man and the Moon – Ann Farley
2278C Man and the Moon – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media [space_20] Image size: 24cm x 20.5cm Outside frame size: 42cm x 39cm [space_20] [space_20]
£365.00 Add to cart
1175C Waterland Spring 1 – Ann Farley
1175C Waterland Spring 1 – Ann Farley

Framed original mixed media

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Image size: 33cm x 29cm

Outside frame size: 50cm x 37.5cm

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£365.00 Add to cart
1179C Waterland Spring II – Ann Farley
1179C Waterland Spring II – Ann Farley

Framed original mixed media

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Image size: 34cm x 29cm

Outside frame size: 52cm x 47.5cm

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£365.00 Add to cart
1181C Walking on the Ridge – Ann Farley
1181C Walking on the Ridge – Ann Farley

Framed original mixed media

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Image size: 57.5cm x 39.5cm

Outside frame size: 75.5cm x 58.5cm

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£525.00 Add to cart
2807C Red Sky at Night – Ann Farley
2807C Red Sky at Night – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media [space_20] Image size: 14cm x 25.5cm Outside frame size: [space_20] [space_20]
£345.00 Add to cart
C5329 Jack Snipe in the Mist – Ann Farley
C5329 Jack Snipe in the Mist – Ann Farley
Framed original pastel [space_20] Image size: 58cm x 80cm Outside frame size: 77cm x 101cm [space_20] [space_20]
£385.00 Add to cart
C5343 Moss Garden – Ann Farley
C5343 Moss Garden – Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media [space_20] Image size: 20cm x 15cm Outside frame size: 29cm x 24cm [space_20] [space_20]
£175.00 Add to cart
C5344 Minehead Harbour- Ann Farley
C5344 Minehead Harbour- Ann Farley
Framed original mixed media [space_20] Image size: 17cm x 25cm Outside frame size: 33cm x 42.5cm [space_20] [space_20]
£235.00 Add to cart