Silver Lining

ANN'S ART


Understanding Flow Art.

Fluid art, also known as flow art or flow painting, involves pouring prepared colours onto a canvas and then letting the paint do the rest of the work for you. The downside of that is that you can never repeat your painting, the upside, of course, is that every painting is a one-off.
I’m going to concentrate on two forms of the flow process for the time being, because although this art form looks ‘easy’ the reality is that flow painting is anything but, so until I get more confidence, I’ll stick with:
1. Flow art using a hairdryer to form a picture (absolutely not as easy as it sounds)
2. ‘Swipe’ art, where you lay down paint and use a palette knife to form your picture.

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Women Behaving Courageously

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Why the trickle-down effect is an outright lie.

This is the story of 25 amazing female warriors and literally dozens of female heroes.

This book follows on from ‘Leaders Behaving Badly: What happens when ordinary people show up, stand up and speak up’. A chance conversation about inspirational women led Ann to research female leaders. It’s the story of ordinary women quietly and courageously changing the face of corporates; families; communities and in some cases, entire countries.

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Where head meets heart

After 40+ years in HR, I’ve officially retired — though my books remain here, because the principles of good people management never change: recruit well, train well, invest in development, and your business will thrive.

Now I’m fulfilling a lifelong dream: painting. My new venture, Anand Art — “Anand” meaning joy or bliss — is where I will now share inspiration through colour and canvas.

You’ll always have access to my HR books, and now, if you’re a lover of art, you can register below to follow my inspirational paintings. Every 4–6 weeks I’ll showcase new works.

Books bring wisdom — art brings joy.

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Ann Andrews

After 40 years in the HR sector, my knees finally told me it was time to call it a day. I’ll admit — I hesitated. What would I do all day? I’d been incredibly busy for four decades, and the idea of slowing down was unfamiliar. Then I remembered something I’d always dreamed of doing: painting. Life and work had never quite left room for it, but now I had the chance. A quick online search for local art classes introduced me to flow art — sometimes called Dutch Pour. I was instantly fascinated. After watching countless YouTube videos of artists creating vibrant, fluid pieces, I was completely hooked. Now, I spend my days doing something I love — creating colourful, joyful, and utterly mesmerising artwork. I hope you enjoy my interpretation of this playful and expressive art form.