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Annabelle SheltonInflatable Boat Beach -original figurative painting-contemporary watercolour art2025
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This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
In Inflatable Boat Beach, Annabelle Shelton paints a playful and chaotic ballet of people, plastic, and summer energy. With watercolour on wooden panel, she creates a wonderfully layered composition filled with colourful inflatables, sunbathers, striped parasols, and loosely connected beachside vignettes. The painting radiates warmth and movement, as if you can almost hear the distant laughter and feel the sand underfoot.
Shelton’s signature use of watercolour on wood gives the piece a vibrant, sun-drenched transparency, while the wooden surface adds a grounding presence beneath the fluid forms. Her figures are painted with affection and humour—gestural yet recognisable, capturing the small postures and quirks of everyday people on holiday. There's no strict narrative, but plenty of stories waiting to be discovered.
The palette bursts with cheerful energy: flamingo pinks, sherbet oranges, fresh aquas, and sun-bleached skin tones—all under a bleached white sky that emphasises the heat of the day. Inflatable Boat Beach is a celebration of collective joy and summer nostalgia, painted with charm, wit, and a generous dose of colour.
Artist biography:
Annabelle Shelton (b. London) is a British artist who holds an MA in Fine Art from Birmingham City University (2001). She is currently based in Milton Keynes, working out of a historic Victorian school building known as ‘Workspace’. Shelton’s paintings, crafted on aluminium using watercolour and graphite, explore the interaction of people in urban and beach environments. The spaces themselves are often negated, leaving stark white backgrounds that reveal intricate patterns of human movement.
In 2010, Shelton was a resident artist at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre in Wales, where she participated in the main gallery exhibition, Five. That same year, she was selected for the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize. In 2011, she held a solo exhibition at Chapter in Cardiff. Shelton has contributed critical reviews for the a-n Artists Information Company and has exhibited her work with galleries such as Jill George Gallery, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Rarity Gallery (Greece), and Caudwell Snyder (San Francisco).
In 2013, she was awarded 2nd prize in the Neo for her piece Black Holes at Weymouth. Her work was also featured in the Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition and the Discerning Eye at the Mall Galleries, London, in 2015. Shelton’s paintings have been showcased at numerous national and international art fairs, and are held in both private and public collections worldwide.
Explore the captivating figurative beach scenes by Annabelle Shelton, thoughtfully curated at Signet Contemporary Art. Available for purchase both in our London gallery and online, these exceptional works showcase Shelton's extraordinary talent and unique artistic vision. Each piece is a testament to her ability to capture the flow of human movement in urban and beach settings, creating a visual experience that is both enchanting and profound.
“Inspired by the Japanese concept of "MA" (negative space), I explore the void between things, focusing on how people occupy space. My work delves into psychogeography, examining urban environments and their impact on human behavior. By removing infrastructure, nature, and landscapes from my paintings, I leave only figures, lines, and clusters of people in familiar places like cities and beaches.
The empty white space reveals where crowds gather and how they interact, their clothing and objects hinting at the unseen environment. My process begins with photography, capturing these scenes to later transform into paintings that emphasize the choreography of urban life. From street crossings to beach gatherings, I study the ways people navigate and interact with spaces constantly shaped by modern conditions and technology.
The beach, like the city, has its own dynamics—shaped by tides, entertainment, and privatization. The beachgoers, seated in clusters, seem like an audience facing the sea, with distances between groups forming invisible borders. My work examines these human behaviors, providing insight into how we experience and shape the spaces around us.”- Annabelle Shelton
- Creator:Annabelle Shelton (British)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 11.82 in (30 cm)Width: 11.82 in (30 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
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