About Anya Simmons Art

The home of beautiful original mixed media artwork, all available to be purchased online and delivered to the UK and international destinations. Please contact me should you require more information about my artwork.

Mixed Media Original Paintings.

Original paintings created using a variety of media which includes: gesso, acrylic, acrylic ink on a variety of textural paper.

Limited Edition Giclée Prints.

My signed Giclée limited edition prints are created using archive quality, fine art paper and pigment inks.

Open Edition Rectangular Gem Prints.

Gem Prints are open editions of my original artwork, rectangular in shape. They are created using archive quality fine art paper and pigment inks.

Open Edition Square Gem Prints.

Gem Prints are open editions of my original artwork, square in shape. They are created using archive quality fine art paper and pigment inks.

Slate Pictures.

Original artwork is printed onto authentic slate creating beautiful slate pictures with superior image quality and finish.

Slate Coasters.

Original artwork is printed onto smaller authentic slate creating a coaster with superior image quality and finish.

MDF Coasters.

Original artwork is printed onto MDF board creating a coaster with superior image quality and finish.

Handmade Art Cards.

Original artwork printed onto greeting cards .

Anya Simmons Art

Artist Biography

I was born in 1969 in Uganda and moved to Nairobi, Kenya in 1972. Living in Africa for the first fourteen years of my life and then moving to the UK has had a profound impact on the diversity of my work and where many of my creative ideas have emerged.

I studied a BEd teaching degree with art and design and enjoyed a successful career as a primary school teacher for many years, before going on to pursue my passion and love for art. My first solo exhibition was held at Walton village, in 2005, and I was overwhelmed by the response.This encouraged me to continue developing my own expressive and individual style and I have enjoyed exhibiting in various galleries throughout the UK, holding regular events and exhibitions throughout the year.

My more recent works are profoundly influenced by beautiful coastal landscapes, quirky harbours and the ever changing countryside of Great Britain. I enjoy working with various mediums creating an exciting blend of textures, shapes and vibrant colours; whilst continually experimenting with the effects that can be created using gesso, acrylic, acrylic inks and a variety of mark making materials. I love the depth of colour, movement and versatility that can be achieved using these elements.

Often, I will imagine a scene and decide how I want certain colours to flow together to create a particular atmosphere. I get enormous pleasure from examining the form, colours, light and textures within our diverse landscape and am continually striving to capture this.

I will often take pictures of rolling fields, flowers, cliffs, mountains, headlands, buildings (i.e. cottages, beach huts, castles etc), seascapes and the ever changing sky and take inspiration from the magical beauty of the natural world around us.

Within my works I strive to give my audience the romance or memory of a scene/landscape which is recognised as real, but does not always have a physical location-almost like a landscape within a dream. I seek to tap into a positive nostalgic memory.

Something Else our Clients Say!

‘We have been fans of Anya since her first exhibition in 2004, and feel privileged to have watched her develop as an artist over the years. We love the unique quality and style of her paintings. There is always so much to see within them regarding colour, pattern, tone and movement. A truly accomplished artist, she deserves all of her successes.’