Hello!
I’m Anna, an artist and historian living in London with my husband and young son and daughter.
I have written two books, ‘The Utopians: Six Attempts to Build a Perfect Society’ and ‘Practical Utopia: The Many Lives of Dartington Hall’. I am currently working on a new book, about twentieth-century British home-making seen through the eyes of writers and artists (to be published by Hodder & Stoughton).
Alongside my writing, I've always created art. I love observing and capturing the tenderness of domestic life, often taking inspiration from my children. And I am drawn to the beauty of the natural world, cosiness, nostalgia, dreams of a slower, rural life away from London. My family farms in South Devon and I return there for all holidays and I hope to get back there full-time some day...
Please get in touch if you have any questions or special requests, or are interested in a commissioned painting or mural.
I am on Instagram at @annaneima. You can sign up to my free, monthly newsletter below for stories of the lives of writers and artists I am researching and updates on my art.
Anna x
