Peonies
A highly accomplished and renowned printmaker, Anita’s subject matter has always been small moments: being besieged by two children wanting hugs at the swimming pool, mending a daughter’s teddy bear, choosing a guinea pig, a first day at school – but for all their apparent simplicity, they capture the rich essence of a minor domestic moment. Nigel in his boxer shorts catching an escaped mouse in the kitchen is hardly even a story, but with the two daughters clinging to their mother, it encapsulates the family dynamic and elevates the quotidian to an art form.