Annabelle Pelaez, Sandy Wastes, (2025). Ink and brush pens on paper and calico. 120x120cm.
Annabelle Pelaez, Shrinking, (2025). Ink and brush pens on calico. 120x120cm.
Annabelle Pelaez, Melting, (2025). Ink, pebeo prisme on paper, on calico. 120x120cm.
Annabelle Pelaez, Pools, (2025). Ink, acrylic and paper on calico. 160x190cm
Detail of 'Sandy Wastes' (2025). Image by Ewan Bootman.
Installation view 'Melting'. Image by Ewan Bootman.
Annabelle Pelaez, Circle Crops, (2025). Ink, pebeo prisme on paper, on calico, 120x120cm.
Details of 'Circle Crops' (2025)
Annabelle Pelaez, Pools, (2025). Ink, acrylic and paper on calico. 160x190cm
Details of 'Pools' (2025). Image by Ewan Bootman.
Detail of 'Melting'. Image by Ewan Bootman.
Graduate Show
Installation view
The artist
Installation view
Installation view
Artist in studio
Annabelle Pelaez, Pools, (2025). Ink, acrylic and paper on calico. 160x190cm
Project description
Eager to explore the potential of landscape art as a genre moving forward, I am particularly drawn to the overlooked and underappreciated elements of nature. Simultaneously, I strive to prompt conversations on pressing environmental issues which I believe are inherent to and inseparable from the concept of landscape today. Within this framework, I enjoy analysing the notion of perspective and its bearing on our appreciation of landscapes. Similarly, encountering the intersection between art and science marked a pivotal moment in my artistic trajectory. As an artist who strives to highlight the minutia in nature - those details not always visible or intentionally viewed - my discovery of the microscopic gaze empowered me to look at nature through a different lens, both literally and figuratively. Paradoxically, the technology that enables us to consider an alternative, macro-perspective of landscape (and, by extension, the environment) reveals the unprecedented scale and impact of human activity on the planet. This understanding has been instrumental in laying the foundations for my practice.
Previous Work
Annabelle Pelaez, Ephemeral Lake, (2025). Ink, gouache and pebeo prisme on paper and calico. 97x68cm
Annabelle Pelaez, Maze, (2025). Ink and gouache on paper and calico, 97x68cm
Annabelle Pelaez, Interlaced, (2025). Ink, gesso, brush pens and oil pastels on paper and calico. 97x68cm
Annabelle Pelaez, Rainbow Belts (2024). Acrylic, coloured crayons, ink, modelling paste, parchment paper and masking tape on paper. 70x100 cm
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled (2025). Ink, oil pastels, brush pens and paper.
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled (2025). Ink, oil pastels, brush pens and paper.
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled (2025). Ink, oil pastels, brush pens and paper.
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled (2025). Ink, oil pastels, brush pens and paper.
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled (2024). Acrylic, ink, soft pastels and masking tape on coloured green paper. 62x70cm
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled, (2024). Wax, acrylic, soft pastel dust and oil pastel on basswood. 20x30cm
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled, (2024). Wax, acrylic, soft pastel dust and oil pastel on basswood. 20x30cm
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled, (2024). Wax, acrylic, soft pastel dust and oil pastel on basswood. 20x30cm
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled, (2024). Wax, acrylic, soft pastel dust and oil pastel on basswood. 20x30cm
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled, (2024). Wax, acrylic, soft pastel dust and oil pastel on basswood. 20x30cm
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled, (2024). Wax, acrylic, soft pastel dust and oil pastel on basswood. 20x30cm
Previous work
These pieces were initially inspired by the notion of a microscopic perspective of nature, and particularly those elements of our natural surroundings that are often overlooked or less appreciated. Having identified geometrical patterns and shapes in the minutia of nature, here I have endeavoured to replicate some of these using a technique involving beeswax/ soy wax and mixed media, thus endowing the subjects with a depth and texture reminiscent of elements of nature.
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled series, (2024). Soy wax, soft pastel dust, ink, oil paint and acrylic paint on wood. 60x120cm
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled, (2024). Soy wax, soft pastel dust, ink, oil paint and acrylic paint on wood. 60x120cm
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled (2024). Acrylic and PVA glue on basswood. 20x30cm
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled, (2024). Acrylic on basswood. 20x30cm
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled, (2024). Acrylic and PVA on basswood. 20x30cm
Annabelle Pelaez, untitled (2024). Acrylic on basswood. 20x30cm
'The Pathos of Ephemerality'
This series was inspired by the ephemeral in nature - moments of transient beauty captured in specific instants within the flux and flow of time and the melancholy implied by their temporary quality: the lingering of raindrops on leaves and cobwebs; perforations on a leaf caused by insects or disease; rippling and reflections on water provoked by wind...
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