“We are heightened when our gifts rise from pools we cannot fathom. Then we know we are not a solitary egotism and they are inexhaustible.”
Lewis Hyde
A retrospective of the artwork of Antonia Winsor
In my practice I look for inspiration in the rich multiplicity of natural forms which
are everywhere to be seen; I look at the commonplace, but from a fresh angle; I listen for, and often
sense, new rhythms within the life around me, and most profitably, I allow time for silence, and for
contemplation; at such times, Heaven seems fleetingly to touch the Earth.
Music — its emotion and spirituality undeniably influence and resonate in my thoughts and practice.
Michael Ondaatje wrote: 'We enter art to hide within it.' This is a profound concept for Art
can be an inner sanctuary, a quiet communion with another's thoughts and feelings, in a different
(though not necessarily safe) place.
Graduated from Loughborough University 2007. First Prize winner for AstraZeneca commission Loughborough University 2006
All works are available to buy. Contact us for details. Click on an image below see an enlarged view.
Hawkeswood
Acrylic on canvas, 50x40cm. 180 #148 Antonia Winsor.
It is Finished
Oil and mixed media on canvas, 50x40cm. 230 #147 Antonia Winsor.
Icon
Oil and mixed media on canvas, 50x40cm. 180 #146 Antonia WInsor.
Genesis 1 No 5 (2008)
Wax and mixed media under acrylic, 27x23cm. 80 #145 Antonia Winsor.
Genesis 1 No 4 (2008)
Wax and mixed media under acrylic, 27x23cm. 80 #144 Antonia Winsor.
Genesis 1 No 3 (2008)
Wax and mixed media under acrylic, 27x23cm. 80 #143 Antonia Winsor.
Genesis 1 No 2 (2008)
Wax and mixed media under acrylic, 27x23cm. 80 #142 Antonia Winsor.
Genesis 1 No 1 (2008)
Wax and mixed media under acrylic, 27x23cm. 80 #141 Antonia Winsor.
The Betrayal at Gethsemane (2009)
Acrylic and oil on canvas, 120x90 cm. 755 #140 Antonia Winsor.
I am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made' (2004-2008)
Mixed media on wood panel, 78x38 cm. 435 #139 Antonia Winsor.
Fiat Lux: Let there be Light (2008)
Oil paint & wax, 100x80 cm.. 675 #138 Antonia Winsor.
Day Three April (2008)
Ink, silver, copper sand and mixed media, 100 cm - 2 semicircle. 799 #137 Antonia Winsor.
17 February (2008)
Oil on Canvas., 100x80 cm. 799 #136 Antonia Winsor.
Church Gate: Good News Street (2008)
Oil on canvas., 100x60 cm. 780 #135 Antonia Winsor.
Agape #4 (2008)
Wax, pigment, multimedia, silver on wood, under acrylic top layer, 14x16 cm. 80 #134 Antonia Winsor.
Agape #3 (2008)
Wax, pigment, multimedia, silver on wood, under acrylic top layer, 20x15 cm. 85 #133 Antonia Winsor.
Stairway to Heaven (2001)
Multimedia, photographic images under polycarbonate, 46x40x1200 cm. 380 #132 Antonia Winsor.
Wilderness (2008)
Oil on canvas, pastel, wax & glaze., 120x120 cm. 560 #131 Antonia Winsor.
Mikveh: The Gathering of the Waters (2008)
Oil on canvas., 100x80 cm. 815 SOLD #130 Antonia Winsor.
Prescience (2007)
Wax, pigment, gold leaf on wood, under acrylic top layer., 50x14 cm. 130 SOLD #129 Antonia Winsor.
Arimathea (2007)
Acrylic paint, pigment, wax, gold leaf, ground substances on plaster., 107x37 cm. 670 #128 Antonia Winsor.
Baruch HaShem (2007)
Pigment and glaze, wax, pastel, gold leaf & ground substances on canvas., 100x80 cm. 590 #127 Antonia Winsor.
Agape #2 (2007)
Wax, pigment, gold leaf on wood, under acrylic top layer., 16x14 cm. 65 #126 Antonia Winsor.
Agape #1 (2007)
Wax, pigment, gold leaf on wood, under acrylic top layer, 20x14 cm. 80 SOLD #125 Antonia Winsor.
Oraia (2007)
Oil on canvas, 12x91 cm. 610 #124 Antonia Winsor.
Magnum Mysterium (2007)
wax, pigment & varnish on canvas, 100x80 cm. 590 #123 Antonia Winsor.
Gethsemane (2004)
Handmade paper, ink, wax & gold leaf on board, 36x50 cm. 350 SOLD #122 Antonia Winsor.
Inscribed narratives 4 (2005)
Mixed media, 30x153 cm. 300 #121 Antonia Winsor.
Inscribed narratives 3 (2005)
Mixed media, 30x153 cm. 300 #120 Antonia Winsor.
Inscribed narratives 2 (2005)
Mixed media, 30x139 cm. 300 #119 Antonia Winsor.
Inscribed narratives 1 (2005)
Mixed media, 30x153 cm. 300 #118 Antonia Winsor.
Inscribed narratives Max (2005)
Mixed media, 240x180 cm. 690 #117 Antonia Winsor.
The Protecting Veil (2004)
Oil and mixed media on canvas, 121x91 cm. 480 #116 Antonia Winsor.
Three Angels (2004)
Acrylic on canvas, 70x70 cm. 330 #115 Antonia Winsor.
Luminos (2004)
Oil and encaustic medium on framed board, 82x66 cm. 380 #114 Antonia Winsor.
VoidOvoid (2002)
Marble, plaster, graphite, 40x30x30 cm. 390 #113 Antonia Winsor.
Timbre (2004)
mixed media on wood panel, 123x36 cm. 350 #112 Antonia Winsor.
Adam & Eve (2003)
Oil on canvas, 40x89 cm. 370 #111 Antonia Winsor.
Stratos (2004)
Oil, pigment & encaustic on framed board, 70x70 cm. 330 #110 Antonia Winsor.
Exultatis (2007)
Mixed media on board, 80x27 cm. 390 #109 Antonia Winsor.
Resonance in Blue (2005)
Oil on canvas, 80x80 cm. 325 #108 Antonia Winsor.
Electra Encoded (2007)
Mixed media, 90x45 cm. 360 SOLD #107 Antonia Winsor.
Counterpoint (2007)
Oil on canvas. Oil on board, 80x80 cm. 450 #106 Antonia Winsor.
Touching the Void (2004)
Encaustic, wax and pigment on framed board, 115x81 cm. 580 #105 Antonia Winsor.
De Profundis (2005)
Pigment, encaustic, wax, nylon, ink, 217x122 cm. 950 SOLD #104 Antonia Winsor.
Crucifixion (2003)
Acrylic on canvas, 90x120 cm. 1350 #103 Antonia Winsor.
Aude Sapere (commission) (2006)
Mixed media., 1500x600 cm. 1250 SOLD #102 Antonia Winsor.
Christos Aneste (2005)
Acrylic, oil and glaze medium, 2400x180 cm. 2025 #101 Antonia Winsor.
Spirare (commission) (2006)
Mixed media, 40x80 cm. 345 SOLD #100 Antonia Winsor.
Previous Exhibitions
October 26th – December 29th
I give special thanks to all artists who have made this a remarkable exhibition and I
am amazed by the variety of styles and interpretation of the theme.
As the year ebbs away it must be about the time for reflection and contemplations;
for a number of artists, such as Helen Naylor and Chris Rose, have explored a spiritual
or meditational dimension. Also in the works of Dan Salway and Joseph Wright, the
viewer is similarly invited to contemplate and discover their personal response to
'abstract' and pictorial landscape.
The mental process of artistic creativity and the questioning as to why does
Man have an innate urge to express and communicate in ways other than language,
is a fundamental concept seen in the work of John Naylor.
Much of what we do as people is based on our response to what is immediately
around us — our intuitive reactions and feelings. However when the extra-ordinary
occurs, and our consciousness is heightened, we remember and visually record that
essential moment: take a look at Clive Rasin's photography and Sam Etchell's 'White House.'
I have recently returned from a trip to Israel and have created work based on this
beautiful landscape and also on the ancient traces of Man's inscriptions, found
near sites of religious significance.
The theme of fragility and mortality is powerfully portrayed in the paintings of Paul Morrison.
Antonia Winsor Oct 2007
Open Summer: August 24th – October 20th
Open Summer is contemporary collection of artwork drawn from all over the East Midlands. For this exhibition the theme was 'open' which produced a tremendously variety of work, ranging from 3D Alabaster and mixed media to traditional oil paint or watercolour. We have featured the work of brilliant new graduates from Loughborough University as well as long seasoned highly skilled amateur artists.
Writing on the Wall: July 6th – August 18th
The latest exhibition from Galerie Resonance has a tremendous variety of form and expression including photography, sand sculpture & textile artwork. Issues explored cover graffiti, consumerism, notions of tradition & ritual and fragmentary traces of personal history in memory and recorded inscriptions.