Pulham Market's abstract expressionist artist looks ahead to bright future as she delves in to doodles

An artist has been using her array of skills to build the foundations of a flourishing business.

Anna Partington, 30, of Pulham Market, has produced a variety of artworks, including photography, watercolour and pencil pet portraits and doodle drawings, which she turns into acrylics and oil paintings.

“I’ve been involved in art my whole life and, while I’ve done plenty of commercial and editorial work in photography, being expressive and creative with my art is what I really love to do,” said Miss Partington.

“I was always artistic at school and received an art scholarship to attend Framlingham College. After school, I did an art and design foundation in Falmouth and stayed to do a degree in press and editorial photography.

“I ended up on The Telegraph picture desk as a picture producer, immersed in photojournalism.”

Miss Partington left this role and moved to Pulham Market six years ago and started doing landscape and botanical photography, which she turns in to limited edition prints to sell at craft fairs and online.

“Being an artist sometimes doesn’t come with financial stability so I had to branch out into a few areas,” she said. “I started doing drawings of friends’ and family’s pets and got an amazing reaction, so I began offering pet portraits as a service. I also do murals and signage design.

“Clients commission pet portraits for themselves or as a gift and they pay quite well, but my love of abstract expressionist art has led me into creating artwork from my doodles, too.”

Miss Partington read up on how doodling can be helpful for people with dyslexia and, as an acute sufferer herself, began to doodle as an art form.

“When I realised the connection between my doodles, my dyslexia and learning, it all made sense,” she added. “I have always doodled and it is when I am in my most creative state but it also helps my learning process.

“My doodle drawings have now translated into bigger abstract acrylic and oil paintings. The work is made up of sweeping lines, marks, patterns and block colours. They can look very different depending on what I am listening to at the time.

“When I have finished a piece, I see objects and animals within the artwork. This is how I name them. Everyone sees something different.”

q To find out more, go to www.annapartington.com or email annapartington@live.co.uk.