Ann Shrager NEAC British, b. 1948

Ann Shrager was born in London in 1948. She studied at Byam Shaw School of Painting and the Royal Academy Schools. She is a member of the NEAC and has won both their Arts Club and Travel prizes. Her paintings of quintisentially English and Indian scenes are bathed in nostalgia.

Shrager works with oil paints but her finished result can look more like watercolour, she dilutes the oil paint with turps to create a far looser medium which allows for her more flowing freehand technique.

Shrager’s uncluttered approach allows the viewer to reach their own response to the moment captured. Whether she is painting misty scenes of rowers on the River Thames or vibrant sari clad villagers in India, her brushwork and use of colour creates a balance in which the work manages to be both spontaneous and lively whilst retaining sensitivity and simplicity.