ANNABELLE MAY HAMPTON: TRANSCAPE
Oriel Joanna Field, Torch Theatre, Milford Haven
Mon 3-Fri 28 Feb
To celebrate LGBT+ History Month, the Torch Theatre are showing the work of transgender artist Annabelle May Hampton. Having previously sold two paintings to the National Library Of Wales in Aberystwyth, her latest work shows keen attention to detail when it comes to both landscapes and the human body, preferring to use oil and acrylic paint on canvas or paper.
Hampton’s art relates to her experience of being transgender. “My subject matter mirrors my life and my mental state, not a simple representation but a reflection of mood and emotion.” The artist describes her trans status as being with her all her life – just like her desire to draw and paint – and has been living as female for the past three years, going on to have gender reassignment surgery in September 2018.
As well as previously working in both psychiatric nursing and teaching, Hampton has a BA in Fine Art from Birmingham Institute Of Art And Design as well as an MA in Fine Art from Aberystwyth University. Now, Hampton paints and draws in her flat, describing herself as “an artist, sometime poet, and storyteller, not necessarily in that order. I also work as a cleaner – it helps pay the rent, just!”
Admission: free. Info: 01646 695267 / www.torchtheatre.co.uk (EH)