ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES - ANNORA SPENCE

After graduating in Liverpool wih a first-class Honours Degree in Printed Textiles, Annora Spence continued her training at Birmingham Polytechnic. Spence has worked on a wide variety of commissions ranging from knitwear and ceramics collections to book covers and packaging.

Living on the English south coast, Spence now concentrates on her own painting and artwork. Much of her inspiration is derived from her extensive travels throughout Asia and Europe where characters and situations are reproduced on canvas.

Spence uses a variety of media with colours that range from warm and rich to subtle and pale. Her work has a narrative quality often displaying eccentric characters and animals in comic situations.