Annora spence biography of mahatma

Autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

The Story of My Experiments with Truth (Gujarati: સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા, satyanā prayogo athavā ātmakathā, lit.&#;'Experiments of Truth or Autobiography') is the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to

It was written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from to Its English translation also appeared in installments in his other journal Young India.^[1] It was initiated at the insistence of Swami Anand and other close co-workers of Gandhi, who encouraged him to explain the background of his public campaigns.

In , the book was designated as one of the " Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century" by a committee of global spiritual and religious authorities.^[2]

Starting with his birth and parentage, Gandhi gives reminiscences of childhood, child marriage, relation with his w

Annora was born in She studied printed textiles at Liverpool and Birmingham. Since she has concentrated on her original paintings. She has exhibited extensively in the UK and abroad and her paintings and prints can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the world.

Many of Annora's ideas are derived from extensive travels thoughout Asia and Europe, drawing inspiration from characters and situations she encounters. She builds layers of tone and texture with a variety of media and her colour palette ranges from warm and rich to subtle and pale. Her work has a narrative quality often displaying eccentric characters and animals in comic situations.

Annora has worked on a variety of commissions ranging from bronze sculptures, calenders, cards and illustrations for books.

Born in , Annora Spence studied printed textiles at Liverpool Polytechnic during the early 's and continued her further education by completing an MA in the same subject at Birmingham Polytechnic. Having completed her studies Annora worked as a freelance artist and designer. Since she has concentrated on her career as a painter and has enjoyed sell-out shows in London and abroad.

She has been making silkscreen prints since , working in collaboration with the highly acclaimed Advanced Graphics studio with each edition selling out in record time. Annora has also started producing etchings at Hope Sufferance Press.

Annora derives many of the ideas for her work from her travels throughout Europe, India and Asia and draws inspiration from the characters, situations and colours she encounters. Her palette ranges from rich to pale and subtle built up layers of tone and texture. Annora's work is guaranteed to be filled with humour and her own brand of quirkiness and she says of her own work 'my aim is to explore the relationships between the often eccentric characters placed in situations that are comic and sometimes near impossible'.

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