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Painting wildlife
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Four Oranges, oil on panel, 40x50cm
H O W I W O R K I N T HE S T UDI O
Jeffrey Hayes This American artist unveils the silent poetry of still life, capturing our world’s quiet beauty in every brushstroke, says Ramsha Vistro ▸
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H OW I WORK HOW I P A I N T
Fields of Glory, watercolour, from en plein air study, 28x38cm
Sebastian Thommen From childhood landscapes to a touching legacy, this watercolour artist shares how profound connections shaped his journey, as Sara Mumtaz finds out ▸
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Collection of bottles, 15x15 cm, oil on wood
T HE B I G I NT E R V I E W
Ans Debije Dutch artist, ANS DEBIJE, tells Sarah Edghill about her daily still life paintings
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ns Debije was born and raised in the Netherlands. The eldest of five children, she developed a love of art and drawing from an early age. After leaving school, she studied industrial design at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, graduating as an interior and fashion fabric designer in 1984. Despite continuing to paint and draw, she only took up art full-time after losing her job in 2018. Since then, she has become a successful still life artist, renowned for her ability to capture the glint of light reflecting off glass and metal. ansdebije.nl ▸ ARTISTS & ILLUSTRATORS 31
Angelica Kauffman, Self-portrait at the Crossroads between the Arts of Music and Painting, 1794, oil on canvas, 147.3x215.9cm
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A pioneer in her field, ANGELICA KAUFFMAN was an early example of female ability and power in the art world, finds Amanda Hodges ▸ A R T I S T S & I L L U S T R A T O R S 47
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