Jacqueline Angove Sold at Auction Prices

Jacqueline Angove - works and lives in a large space just off of Hwy. 62 on Cholla Ave. in Twentynine Palms. Her studio is easy to spot, as it is adorned with an angel and the word "Peace" in bold letters. Angove was born in London, and told me she was a child when the bombs of World War II were exploding. In fact, she is in the middle of a series of mixed media paintings about the Second World War. This series of work is done as though seen through the eyes of a child. She informed me that she didn't know why she was doing these paintings, but that she felt like she HAD to do them. Angove lived in London until she was 21 years old, when she came to the US with her husband, and Englishman and Olympic runner. They spent three years in South Carolina. They moved to Philadelphia after their stint in South Carolina, and then jumped around from Palo Alto to Southern California to Tennessee.

Angove has been painting since the 80's, when she and her husband divorced. At the time of the divorce, she had two teenage sons, and discovered that she could make a living, creating art for people remodeling their homes and corporate offices in Los Angeles. Angove feels fortunate to be an artist, because she is doing what she wants to do. Her goal is to "become one with nature and reflect that in my work." She hikes often, and particularly enjoys the desert wildflowers. She feels that she can absorb the colors that she sees in nature. Angove has been in the high desert for fourteen years, six or seven of which have been in her current space. She lives behind her spacious gallery and studio space, and is kept company by her beloved cats, now that her sons have grown. Her art work is mixed media, incorporating acrylic paint and rice paper. Some of her work is quite sculptural, breaking free from the traditional "paint on canvas" motif. Many of the pieces she creates are impressive in their large scale, and well worth viewing in person.