Angela Dierks

Based in United Kingdom
After a long career in higher education I discovered two new passions in my life in 2006: art and psychotherapy. I retrained as a therapist and have been continuously working towards improving my artistic output ever since that ‘Eureka’ moment. The most obvious connection between these two professions is the preoccupation with emotions. In my therapeutic work I talk about emotions; in my art I aim to translate emotions into visual markers on canvas.
Much of my earlier range of work was influenced by my psychotherapy training; the pieces were concerned with memories and dreams peeling away at them layer by layer. The work that followed were abstract representations of landscapes finding inspiration in the beauty of the outside world: gentle landscapes in the UK, the Arctic Circle, the warm and fiery tones of Mediterranean countryside, dramatic skyscapes and the movement of the sea and the dramatic beauty of flowers.
Viewers often comment on the strong colours that I use in my work. Observing nature offers the inspiration for the vivid greens, magentas and yellows that are frequently found in my work. Try as I might I struggle to work in monochromes – colour always creeps in and takes over. There is a joyfulness to experimenting with colour that is very rewarding for me.
Each of my pieces is unique and takes time to develop. I aim to lend as much ‘feel’ to my paintings as possible, ‘controlling’ the painting as much as possible while also allowing for more spontaneity and risk by applying paint in a variety of ways: smudging, scraping, flicking, squeezing and rubbing paint onto the canvas, scratching paint off and re-starting the process. The process thus mirrors the natural eroding process that happens in the development of landscapes.
My work has been sold to art collectors internationally with many returning customers.
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Midnight Rose
Mixed Media - 23.6"x31.5"SOLD -
Rose Scent
Acrylic, Charcoal - 23.6"x31.5"£500.00 -
Touch Point
Mixed Media - 31.5"x39.4"£750.00 -
At the Contact Boundary
Mixed Media - 31.5"x39.4"£750.00 -
Rose Variation 5
Mixed Media - 11.4"x11.8"£90.00 -
Rose Variation 4
Mixed Media - 9.4"x11.8"£90.00 -
The Language of Flowers II
Oil - 23.6"x23.6"£340.00 -
The Language of Flowers I
Oil - 23.6"x23.6"SOLD -
Quietude
Oil - 29.9"x29.9"SOLD -
Indian Sunset
Oil - 23.6"x33.1"£450.00 -
Sweet Mother Earth
Acrylic, Charcoal - 19.7"x29.9"SOLD -
You're the Sky
Oil - 29.9"x29.9"£480.00 -
Roses are Red
Acrylic, Charcoal - 31.5"x39.4"SOLD -
Flying High
Acrylic, Mixed Media - 24"x36.2"£450.00 -
Orange Eclipse
Oil - 31.5"x39.4"SOLD -
Lucid Lipstick
Oil - 23.6"x23.6"£350.00 -
Blue Note
Oil - 23.6"x23.6"£330.00 -
A Princess No Less
Oil - 39.4"x39.4"SOLD -
Dream Variation
Acrylic, Mixed Media - 31.5"x39.4"SOLD -
Dreaming of the Future
Acrylic, Mixed Media - 39.4"x39.4"SOLD -
Field of Happiness
Acrylic, Mixed Media - 31.5"x39.4"£700.00 -
Quinta Splendida
Oil - 39.4"x39.4"£830.00 -
Return to the Meadow
Mixed Media - 23.6"x31.5"£450.00 -
Quiet Sky, Warm Night
Oil - 39.4"x39.4"SOLD -
The Light in Spring
Acrylic, Oil - 23.6"x23.6"SOLD -
No Borders
Oil - 19.7"x19.7"SOLD -
Clear Sky Green Earth
Oil - 39.4"x39.4"SOLD -
Terra Incognita
Oil - 23.6"x31.5"SOLD -
Light Breaks
Oil - 23.6"x31.5"£350.00 -
The River in my Garden
Acrylic - 23.6"x31.5"£360.00 -
From the Wilderness II
Charcoal, Oil - 39.4"x47.2"£1,200.00 -
Green Light
Oil - 100"x100"SOLD -
Black and White Landscape Study II
Oil - 19.7"x29.9"£350.00 -
Black and White Landscape Study I
Oil - 19.7"x29.9"SOLD -
Painting The Sky Red
Oil - 35.4"x47.2"SOLD -
Us, Water and Sun
Oil - 76"x100"SOLD