Anne-Marie Bickerton tells us about herself with a simple Q&A
Q1 Who is Anne-Marie Bickerton
Good question, I have been working as a professional photographer in the media for the past 30 years. I always painted and played around with printing techniques at a time when darkroom printing was the norm. Getting messy was a must. The darkroom held an exciting possibility of happy experiments and successful mistakes. Running along side this was my passion for oil paints that I muddled through blissful in my ignorance of technique.
Q2 Where do you get your inspiration?
Having worked for magazines for many years my commissions took me to every walk of life and across the globe. Stories I covered ranged from glossy celebrity life in Los Angeles to shocking real life tales that still haunt me today.
People inspire me and I feed of others energy and stories. I spend a lot of time listening and watching and images just appear. It's always an organic journey of discovery. Never having a set plan because I know it will evolve and change in front of me and that is the buzz.
I think being open to opportunities wherever they present themselves is important and that leads onto the collaboration of the Bickerton Gallery and the meeting with Robert James Grace on a Photo/video shoot for his Crystal Bathe collection.
Q3 Did you have any training?
I did a BTEC National Diploma in Design and Photography straight from school and then worked assisting various photographers leading to helping set up and work in a special Studio in SW London The Lemonade Factory for many years where I met some incredible people that forged my creative path.
Q4 How would you describe your art?
I saw a description recently that made me smile which was an artographer, I like that. Over the past 30 years my collective skills have grown to include video and with the addition of the digital age I have also embraced and included this to my repertoire. Mixed media suits my ideas being able to create an image and mould it with painting then morph a little more on the computer and repeat until it feels right.
Q5 What Artists inspire you?
Over the years so many. I love The Renaissance period and travelling to Italy in my teens was incredibly inspirational seeing the great works of Michelangelo and Leonard da Vinci whilst hopping on and off trains.
The Pre-Raphaelite period was a wonder to me 'The Lady of Shalott' John William Waterhouse.
'Ophelia' John Everett Millais, these paintings had such an effect on me.
Of course the great artists that shape our vision Dali, Gustav Klimt, Gaudi.
Photographers honestly I was inspired by those around me. The images of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Female photographers forging the way such as Dorothea Lange, Dianne Arbus and more recently Annie Leibovitz.
I love the clever creative buzz of Banksy absolute genius.
Q6 What does Sentiment mean to you?
Well this is something I'm very passionate about. Through the creation of the gallery it is so important to create a connection through Art. When we as artists put ourselves into our creations the energy and time and passion is evident. Passing this on to those who can truly become a part of it and join in the journey whilst also sharing this with others is a test of the wonder of Sentiment.
Gallery Anne-Marie Bickerton
The Naked Skull Collection
Fine Art Photography. Shot using a model to recreate a sculpture previously photographed by myself.
This image was printed on canvas and framed in a simple bespoke black wooden tray frame.
Total size in frame 100cm x 100cm
This image started as a series in the same style creating a beautiful collection that is soon to be complete of 5 in total.
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Currently on display at The Firepit Art Gallery in North Greenwich.
The Naked Skull collection is a love project celebrating the beauty in the familiar of an age old obsession with the Skull.
Exploring the beauty through Photography and digital Painting.
I look forward to sharing this collection as it expands and grows.
HOUSE OF CARDS
This Collection dives into Mythology and introduces Aite Goddess or Personification of ruin, folly, rash action and delusion.
She is joined by Asclepius God of medicene and healing.
Harpies is a fearsome figure normally with the body of a bird and face of a women, carrying souls into the underworld and punishing wrongdoers.
Lastly Raven was sacred to Apollo the God of Prophecy thought to be messengers and Omens often linked to foresight and divine truth.
Here they are presented playfully in the familiar playing cards style to aid their cheeky introduction to you
This Collection was last exhibited at The EAL in Copeland Gallery
September 2025
The Cycle of Life
Mixed media, part of an organic edition collection.
Simply with each additional print there is always a part of the image changed based on and enhanced by the artists current experience and felling at that time. Limited to 25 only.
Photography and digital painting originating from the original Sentiment Piece.
Skulking Around
Mixed media Photography and digital painting edged in 24 carat gold leaf and printed on Acrylic.
Skulking around is a personal piece mapping the early journey as a photographer spanning over 3 decades. Places and studios shot in from east London to South London that hold memories and relationships formed from magazines shoots that built my creative journey to where it is today. This piece reminds us of all how we are linked and connections formed are carried forward through our creative journey.
60cm x 80cm
Aites Throne 42cm x 52 cm framed £720.00 1/3 Edition
Aites Kingdom 42cm x 52cm framed £720.00 1/3 Edition
Aites Red shoes
33cm x 27.5 cm framed
£240.00 1/3 Edition
Fuming Aite
31cm x 26 cm framed £240.00 1/3 Edition
Aite Letting off steam 1/3 Limited Edition
60cm x 80cm
Canvas £850.00
Perching Aite 1/3 Limited Edition
60cm x 80cm
Canvas £850.00
Aite Captured 1/3 Limited Edition
60cm x 80cm
Canvas £850.00
From the set of Phill Claydon's HELLOWEEN by Shogun Films
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Skull in the lens 1/3 Limited Edition
60cm x 80cm
Canvas £850.00
From the set of Phill Claydon's HELLOWEEN by Shogun Films
Clown in the lens 1/3 Limited Edition
80cm x 80cm Canvas
£850.00
From the set of Phill Claydon's HELLOWEEN by Shogun Films
TIME TO CHILL
A nod to embrace our digital explosion and all the noise that comes with it. From the Sentiment Organic Edition collection this piece is a contradiction to it's title.
Photography and digital painting.
Printed on canvas 37cm x 47cm framed. £300.00