in painting mixed media

After a lifetime of painting and drawing, including thirty years working as a commissioned muralist, decorative artist and illustrator, Anna now finds portraiture the most challenging and rewarding expression of all. The endlessly fascinating human face and how to reveal what lies beyond the arrangement of features; it’s a limitless journey

Anna de Polnay originally studied Theatre Design at Chelsea School of Art and then went on to train as an actor at LAMDA, enjoying a 10 year career in Film, TV and Theatre in the UK and Australia. In the early 1980’s, she rediscovered her passion for painting, initially as a muralist and later as a fine artist.