Ann Winder-Boyle

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Ann Winder-Boyle

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Ann Winder-Boyle has done at least two books from the Famous Five series as part of the collection displayed here.
Can you spot them?
Has anybody heard of her and her Enid Blyton themed work before?
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"Winder-Boyle has created some beautiful retro pictures, but the most interesting of her mixed media wax paintings are nostalgic with a bite; reassuring images that carry sinister undertones. The effect of mangling Enid Blyton-esque book plates of happy 1930s children with contemporary themes or unpleasant truths is sharply satisfying. Given the medium she uses though it is difficult to judge Winder-Boyle alongside her contemporaries and as a result no one has quite worked out what to make of her. Her materials we, tend to, associate with craft, further confusing us. When does a craftwork become an art work, or is it one already? How do we label her? However, one thing is clear, this artist is getting noticed, she's doing something striking and different and she may just have the intellect to turn this craft of hers into high art. Watch this space."

Martin Newman, Art critic and assistant news editor at the Daily Mirror.
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No, I hadn't heard of her before. Interesting satirical take on the two FF titles! (I won't say what they are or how she's interpreted them, so as not to spoil it for others looking for them.)

Her works remind me a little of some retro-with-a-twist art and craftwork that I've seen in a few places in Melbourne, but Winder-Boyle is based in England, so maybe it's just some trend in the artistic thought-atmosphere, so to speak! 8)
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Our computer is really slow at the moment and it froze when I visited that site. I managed to have a look at one of the Famous Five pictures but I thought it was a bit odd and nothing to write home about.
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The illustrations bear no resemblance to the stories! - Well the Famous Five ones anyway. Most odd.
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I spotted both the FF books and I don't think the artwork is representative of the books. One of them looks as if the children have visited the local tip.
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The way I saw it, she wasn't meaning to represent the actual Famous Five as such; rather, she was giving a satirical modern interpretation of two of the book titles. :twisted: It's a black humour kind of approach - clever, though not really to my taste.
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