Description
‘Could Have, Should Have 05’ by Anne Angelshaug
Artist: Anne Angelshaug
Title: ‘Could Have, Should Have 05’
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 39.4″ x 39.4″
Framed: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2023
About the Artwork:
“These paintings are a way for me to investigate the feelings I have about a certain place, a certain home, that now is lost to me.
But with some different choices, the future for both me, future generations and the place itself, could have been very different.
It is quite amazing to me, how one little turn in life, one litte choice, can lead to an enormous change of direction for the future.
This evokes the idea of ‘the butterfly-effect’. These pieces is all about our choices and the things that could have been.” – Anne Angelshaug
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Born in Oslo, she grew up in a small village at the west coast of Norway with teachers for parents and two older brothers.
She studied illustration in England at Falmouth University, where she met her future husband, the artist Julian Mills.
She has exhibited widely, both in her native Norway, and abroad .
“Again and again, we make poor choices with horrendous consequences for this beautiful planet. My goal is to explore and highlight these choices and problems without getting preachy or too glum..
The actual look of my work has a lot to do with my background as an illustrator. Since the subject matter that I want to explore and communicate is often dark or melancholic, I like to juxtapose this with a fun and fairytale-like look to the work. I want to “draw” the onlooker in and then let them discover that everything is not as it should be in this “beautiful” place. I love the uneasy pairing of innocence/cute and ominousness.”