I work as an illustrator with a deep love for the organic, the intimate, and the sensory.
My subjects range from botanical watercolours, and lush landscapes to portraits, wine illustrations, books, labels, logos, and visual identities, where an image must tell a story or communicate a message with only a few deliberate strokes.
Nature is a recurring theme throughout my work – flowers, fruits, trees, and landscapes which I explore both in realistic, decorative as well as experimental ways.
I work with several techniques, especially watercolour, ink, pen, graphite and charcoal. Watercolour allows me to explore light, transparency, and vibrant colour, while ink and pencil bring contrast.
Rythm, precision and the combination of softness and graphic clarity is at the core of my visual language, and my aim is to create images that feel alive, personal, and timeless, whether they appear in a book, on a wine bottle, or as an independent artwork on the wall.
Anna Blincoe was born in 1972 in Kerteminde on the island of Fyn in Denmark. Most of her childhood was spent in Malaysia, living on plantations with her Danish mother and British father. This period in her life, where she lived in a tropical climate, among extraordinary flora and fauna stands out as one of the most important sources of inspiration for her paintings, illustrations, and drawings.
In 1978 Anna Blincoe moved from Malaysia to England, where she lived and studied, and received her BA Hons Degree in Fine Arts at Falmouth University, Cornwall. In 1994 Anna moved back to Denmark, where she started to exhibit her paintings. She married and had two children. Anna is divorced and lives and paints north of Copenhagen, near the sea.
Anna Blincoe uses a variety of techniques such as graphite, ink, oil paint and charcoal. Her work was first exhibited in 1994 in one of the major juried exhibitions, Den Frie (Efterårsudstilling), Centre of Contemporary Art in Copenhagen. Since then, her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions both in Denmark and England.
In 2015 her watercolor painting, White Amaryllis, was entered in to the RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition Exhibition at the Bankside Gallery in London. Her work was also featured at the London Art Fair, the same year, by Jonathan Cooper of Park Walk Gallery in Chelsea, London.
In 2016 two of Anna Blincoe’s large scale pencil drawings entered the permanent exhibition at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew Gardens, London, at the Gallery of Botanical Art led by Dr. Shirley Sherwood.
In 2017 Anna Blincoe was, by the Borough of Gentofte in Copenhagen, awarded the honorary title, Artist of the Year 2017.
Education
BA Hons. degree. Falmouth University, Cornwall, UK.
Arts Foundation Course. Oxford, UK.
A-levels: art, photography, art history, textile design. Henley-on Thames, UK.
Main Exhibitions
Permanent exhibition at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew Gardens in London (Gallery of
Botanical Art led by dr. Shirley Sherwood).
RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, Tate, London.
London Art Fair, Islington, London.
Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, Chelsea, London.
Curwen Gallery, Fitzrovia, London.
Kunst i Påsken, Copenhagen.
Gallery Knud Grothe, Charlottenlund.
Gallery Gerly, Copenhagen.
Gallery Stokkebro, Hellerup.
Art Copenhagen in Forum.
Svenske Villa, Bernstorffsparken, Charlottenlund.
Galery Skovhuset, Værløse.
Gallery Cobra-rummet at Sophienholm, Copenhagen.
Selected Projects & Commissions
Endangered Flowers (ongoing)
Large-scale botanical illustration series focusing on threatened plant species Bloomings, Hellerup
Cortes de Cima, Portugal: Illustrations for wine labels and olive oil
International poster campaigns: World Wide Water Shortage, United Europe Against Slavery
Textile design project, Tapet Café
Hand painted scarves and textile design
Logos
Books.