Anne Waller is a London-based painter whose work centres on still life and direct observation. She works with everyday, cultural and natural objects, currently focusing on forms from the natural world.
Working on an intimate scale, she returns to the same subject repeatedly over an extended period. Through a slow, attentive process of looking, subtle shifts in light, tone and form gradually emerge. She is interested in the idea of a painting holding time within it, and how this relates to subject matter that has organically grown.
She is interested in how the natural world has been represented and understood within still life painting, and how these meanings have shifted historically. Her current work considers what it means to paint natural forms today, engaging with ideas of beauty, fragility and conservation.
At the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2025
with Blue Jug
Group Exhibitions
2026
Inside Stories, 155A Gallery, London
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition
2025
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition
2024
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition
The ING Discerning Eye
Royal Institute of Oil Painters
2022
Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Awards
2025
The Dry Red Press Award at the New English Art Club Annual Exhibition
2018
Lee & Thompson LLP Prize for Portraiture
2016
Mr Heatherley Composition Prize for a Three-Figure Composition
Education
University of Cambridge: BA (Hons) Modern Languages
Courtauld Institute of Art: Graduate Diploma in History of Art
Heatherley School of Fine Art: Diploma in Portrait Painting
BA (Hons) Fine Art (First Year Completed)
BTEC Art Foundation Course
Courses in life painting, life drawing, and anatomy at The Slade School of Fine Art, The Royal Drawing School, LARA (London Atelier of Representational Art), Heatherley School of Fine Art and The Art Academy.