Anne Barrell English, b. 1964

Works
  • Anne Barrell, Black Lighthouse and Sails - Postcard Plate, 2025
    Anne Barrell
    Black Lighthouse and Sails - Postcard Plate, 2025
    Handmade, hand painted earthenware ceramic.
    Signed on the base.
    H. 8.5 x W. 12.5 cm.
    £ 50.00
    Anne Barrell, Black Lighthouse and Sails - Postcard Plate, 2025
    £ 50.00
  • Anne Barrell, Big Waves - Postcard Plate, 2025
    Anne Barrell
    Big Waves - Postcard Plate, 2025
    Handmade, hand painted earthenware ceramic.
    Signed on the base.
    H. 8.5 x W. 12.5 cm.
    £ 50.00
    Anne Barrell, Big Waves - Postcard Plate, 2025
    £ 50.00
  • Anne Barrell, Working the Seas - Postcard Plate, 2025
    Anne Barrell
    Working the Seas - Postcard Plate, 2025
    Handmade, hand painted earthenware ceramic.
    Signed on the base.
    H. 8.5 x W. 12.5 cm.
    £ 50.00
    Anne Barrell, Working the Seas - Postcard Plate, 2025
    £ 50.00
  • Anne Barrell, Coming Home - Postcard Plate, 2025
    Anne Barrell
    Coming Home - Postcard Plate, 2025
    Handmade, hand painted earthenware ceramic.
    Signed on the base.
    H. 8.5 x W. 12.5 cm.
    £ 50.00
    Anne Barrell, Coming Home - Postcard Plate, 2025
    £ 50.00
  • Anne Barrell, Lifeboat at Night - Small Square Plate, 2025
    Anne Barrell
    Lifeboat at Night - Small Square Plate, 2025
    Handmade, hand painted earthenware ceramic.
    Signed on the base.
    H. 16 x W. 16 cm.
    £ 70.00
    Anne Barrell, Lifeboat at Night - Small Square Plate, 2025
    £ 70.00
  • Anne Barrell, Lifeboat at Light - Small Square Plate, 2025
    Anne Barrell
    Lifeboat at Light - Small Square Plate, 2025
    Handmade, hand painted earthenware ceramic.
    Signed on the base.
    H. 16 x W. 16 cm.
    £ 70.00
    Anne Barrell, Lifeboat at Light - Small Square Plate, 2025
    £ 70.00
  • Anne Barrell, Night and Moon - Tea Bowl, 2025
    Anne Barrell
    Night and Moon - Tea Bowl, 2025
    Handmade, hand painted earthenware ceramic.
    Signed on the base.
    H. 10 x W. 10 cm.
    £ 75.00
    Anne Barrell, Night and Moon - Tea Bowl, 2025
    £ 75.00
  • Anne Barrell, Shipping Lane - Tea Bowl, 2025
    Anne Barrell
    Shipping Lane - Tea Bowl, 2025
    Handmade, hand painted earthenware ceramic.
    Signed on the base.
    H. 10 x W. 10 cm.
    £ 75.00
    Anne Barrell, Shipping Lane - Tea Bowl, 2025
    £ 75.00
  • Anne Barrell, Working Harbour - Octagonal Platter, 2025
    Anne Barrell
    Working Harbour - Octagonal Platter, 2025
    Handmade, hand painted earthenware ceramic.
    Signed on the base.
    H. 26 x W. 32 cm.
    £ 170.00
    Anne Barrell, Working Harbour - Octagonal Platter, 2025
    £ 170.00
  • Anne Barrell, Cloud and Lighthouse - Tea Bowl, 2025
  • Anne Barrell, Working Harbour - Oval Platter, 2025
  • Anne Barrell, Golden Sail and Mackerel – Jug, 2025
    Anne Barrell
    Golden Sail and Mackerel – Jug, 2025
    Handmade, hand painted earthenware ceramic.
    Signed on the base.
    H. 12 x W. 9 cm.
    £ 95.00
    Anne Barrell, Golden Sail and Mackerel – Jug, 2025
    £ 95.00
  • Anne Barrell, Island Harbour – Square Platter, 2025
    Anne Barrell
    Island Harbour – Square Platter, 2025
    Handmade, hand painted earthenware ceramic.
    Signed on the base.
    H. 23.5 x W. 23.5 cm.
    £ 130.00
    Anne Barrell, Island Harbour – Square Platter, 2025
    £ 130.00
  • Anne Barrell, Sea Houses and Cloud – Pedestal Dish, 2025
    Anne Barrell
    Sea Houses and Cloud – Pedestal Dish, 2025
    Hand-painted ceramic.
    Signed at base.
    H. 10 x W. 27 cm.
    £ 195.00
    Anne Barrell, Sea Houses and Cloud – Pedestal Dish, 2025
    £ 195.00
  • Anne Barrell, Winter View– Octagonal Platter, 2025
  • Anne Barrell, In The Channel – Octagonal Platter, 2025
  • Anne Barrell, Harbour View – Square Platter, 2025
  • Anne Barrell, Sail and Steam – Rum Cup, 2025
  • Anne Barrell, Night Harbour – Jug, 2025
  • Anne Barrell, The Orchard – rum cup, 2024
    Anne Barrell
    The Orchard – rum cup, 2024
    Handmade, hand painted earthenware ceramic.
    Signed on the base.
    H. 9 x W. 7 cm.
    £ 60.00
    Anne Barrell, The Orchard – rum cup, 2024
    £ 60.00
  • Anne Barrell, Big Fish – jug, 2024
    Anne Barrell
    Big Fish – jug, 2024
    Handmade, hand painted earthenware ceramic.
    Signed on the base.
    H. 12 x W. 9 cm.
    £ 95.00
    Anne Barrell, Big Fish – jug, 2024
    £ 95.00
  • Anne Barrell, House on the Hill – jug, 2024
    Anne Barrell
    House on the Hill – jug, 2024
    Handmade, hand painted earthenware ceramic.
    Signed on the base.
    H. 12 x W. 9 cm.
    £ 95.00
    Anne Barrell, House on the Hill – jug, 2024
    £ 95.00
Overview

"I’m inspired by British maritime history and 20th-century art, and the paintings of Alfred Wallis are a big influence."

There is a definite Alfred Wallis feel to the sgraffito pieces created by Anne Barrell featuring merchant ships, sailing boats, fishing trawlers and all things to do with the sea and coast. Rum cups, pedestal bowls, paltters, and jugs have hand-painted boats and ships traversing stormy seas or sheltering in tree-lined harbours. As each piece is hand-made and painted, they all have their own unique character.

The ceramics are made from red earthenware clay thrown on the potter's wheel, and hand built from slabs, and then painted with a layer of white liquid clay known as slip. Images are scratched through the white layer revealing the red clay beneath.​

Biography

Anne attended art classes in New York and then returned to Britain to do a degree at Chelsea College of Art and Design. Anne then had a studio at Cockpit Arts in Holborn, London before moving to Eastbourne in 2004. She has exhibited at various shows in London and around England and work has been commissioned to sell at The Jerwood Gallery; Emma Mason British Prints; Towner and Dulwich Picture Gallery. She is a Member of The Sussex Guild.

Press features include, amongst others:

The Guardian Weekend

Vogue

Coast

Elle Decoration

Living 

 

Anne Barrell lives in East Sussex where she works from her studio. Her work is being shown in St Ives, and in Cornwall for the first time.

Exhibitions