Annabel Eyres has recently been selected as one of six global Olympian Artists to produce a collection of work to be exhibited at the Paris Olympic Games this summer. The Artweeks exhbition will show details from this collection although the main body of work will remain under wraps until the Games.

Annabel attended Pembroke College, Oxford University from 1984-1988. She studied Fine Art at the Ruskin School, specialising in figurative painting and print-making. She took up rowing whilst at University and from her first outing in a boat she was hooked. A year later Annabel rowed for Oxford in the Boat Race and joined the GB Squad. She competed on Team GB from 1987 until 1992.

In order to fund her international rowing career, Annabel and two fellow athletes formed a T-shirt design business which grew to supply most of the UK rowing events with merchandice. Annabel adapted her traditional painting, drawing and print making skills to become a graphic designer.

Annabel’s recent work is still reminiscent of her days as a designer. She remains a largely figurative artist and is most interested in depicting the human form whilst in motion using minimal lines. Her recent work is inspired by Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), a British photographer whose life work was devoted to photographing humans and animals in motion.

Annabel still rows, swims and enjoys yoga, all sports which feature in her work. She has exhibited widely and has also taught Art to a variety of age groups.