Philosophy:
Reflecting the inner worlds of individuals, while simultaneously connecting them to broader societal and cultural narratives. Snell’s philosophy revolves around the belief that art can be a conduit for understanding and empathy. Through her work, Snell aims to challenge conventional norms, celebrate diversity, and shed light on the often unspoken stories that define us.
Snell's distinctive style is characterised by emotionally charged life-size nude depictions of women. Snell imbues her compositions with a unique atmosphere that invites contemplation.
Diana - Bronze 2024
$ 6000 Limited Edition 2/5
40H x 26W x 25D cm Bronze
16 H x 20W x 20 Black Granite
This sculpture was part of the initial body of work for my Herstory thesis in 2018. Snell's dedication to the female gaze extends to her mission of championing the diversity and trajectories of women.
Balance is an ongoing theme in my sculptures and compositions. Balance symbolizes humanity’s fragility and impermanence.
EARTH MOTHER
Oil on Canvas, 127 x 201 cm, Herstory Series 2024
$4200 - SALE $2100
This artwork depicts ancestral women whose stories have largely remained untold in our history. This composition is from an aerial perspective and can be hung vertically or horizontally. The figures form a vulva shape, symbolic of our ‘Earth Mother’. A theology shared globally by First Nation cultures and many others. Snell promotes the female gaze in our theology for our history.
seated angels
152 x 122 cm, oil on Canvas, Herstory, 2023
$3800 - SALE $1900
These godlike angels of the male of African descent, and the female is equal in their roles. Seated as if weary of desperate souls below. Their eagle-like wings drape around them.
Snell uses art as a powerful means to challenge and disrupt patriarchal influences in religious and artistic narratives.
Evolving
152 x 122 cm, oil on Canvas, Herstory, 2023
$3800 - SALE $1900
This artwork was one of the initial studies for the Herstory series, Snell's dedication to the female gaze, started with a form of introspection, depicting a metamorphic transition from youth to midlife to a spirit-like form.
A weightless self-portrait has an ethereal quality. Snell’s fluid depiction of time is an influence from Indigenous art.
she is with us
152 x 122 cm, oil on Canvas, Herstory, 2023
$3800 NFS
This painting is an introspection.
Snell playfully depicts herself in an embryonic weightlessness. Accompanied by a nymph, a spirit-like witness to her thoughts and actions.
An autobiographical and ethereal portrayal of her existence on Earth.
Lord is a lady
152 x 122 cm, oil on Canvas, Herstory, 2018
$3800 - SALE $1900
This narrative challenges the depiction of women in religious theology, as having a submissive role in their sexuality, the incubator of creation.
The layered composition suggests an evolution. The embryonic emergence from the black. The sensual and unapologetic nature of the female is intentionally shedding historical shame as the undercurrent while retaining a female softness.
The fluid representation of time on one canvas is an influence from Indigenous art.
Freefall
152 x 122 cm, oil on Canvas, Herstory, 2023
$3800 - SALE $1900
Freefall is a visceral response to the prevalence of addiction in all facets of society.
This fragility divides us from our natural world. Tormenting the most talented and inspired individuals.
The Herstory series is primarily a binding of humanity, and oneness, from the female gaze.
Visceral red
200 x 122 cm, oil on Canvas, Herstory, 2023
$4200 - SALE $2100
An autobiographical portrayal of strength and resilience during turmoil.
This two-meter vertical painting invites the viewer to admire the figure’s ability to hold on in hostile circumstances. The themes of fragility and balance are revisited.
This artwork has been exhibited in Newcastle Regional Gallery and Sydney galleries.
Diana
Mixed media on Paper Framed, 90 x 75 cm 2017
$1400 - SALE $700
This artwork was one of the initial studies for the Herstory series, Snell's dedication to the female gaze extends to her mission of championing the diversity and trajectories of women.
Through her work, Snell challenges the one-dimensional portrayals of women that have historically dominated art.
by her grace
152 x 122 cm, oil on Canvas, Herstory, 2018
$3800 - SALE - $1900
With permission, Snell portrayed the subject from her community highlighted in orange hues, and her ancestral mothers who were survivors of slavery, and violence living with intergenerational trauma from the colonisation of Mauritius.
By Her Grace, was titled because all the mothers lived for the betterment of their children.
This artwork was one of the initial studies for the Herstory series, Snell's dedication to the female gaze, championing diversity and trajectories of women’s stories untold.
Diana
Herstory 2018,
SOLD
40H x 26W x 25D cm Plaster, Paint
27H x 16W x 18D cm Sandstone
This sculpture was part of the initial body of work for my Herstory thesis. Diana has been commissioned to be cast in Bronze by a Private collector.
Balance is an ongoing theme in my sculptures and compositions. Balance symbolizes humanity’s fragility and impermanence.
her watch
Bronze, Herstory 2018 10H x 22W x 11D cm
SOLD
This sculpture was part of the initial body of work for my Herstory thesis. All sculptures in this series are in private collections.
Her Balance
Bronze, Herstory 2018, 20H x 12W x 12D cm
SOLD
This sculpture was part of the initial body of work for the Herstory thesis. All sculptures in this series are in private collections.
Balance is an ongoing theme in my sculptures and compositions. Balance symbolizes humanity’s fragility and impermanence.
Siblings
Bronze, Herstory 2018,
11H x 8W x 8D cm and 11H x 8W x 5D cm
SOLD
These sculptures were part of the initial body of work for my Herstory thesis. All sculptures in this series are in private collections.
Madonna
152 x 122 cm, oil on Canvas, Herstory, 2023
SOLD
This painting responds to religious creation stories, particularly those featuring the Madonna and Child. A reinterpretation of these traditional narratives from a non-patriarchal perspective.
Snell promotes a female gaze and representation in theology for our history.
Heart Led
90 x 90 cm, oil on Canvas, Herstory 2018,
Donated
A response to mourning, experienced by those who have loved. Reasons shared by poets, and singers alike. A privilege.
The Herstory series is primarily a binding of humanity, and oneness, from the female gaze.
This artwork was donated to the Calvary Mater Hospital in Newcastle, NSW.
Quiet man
Mixed media on Paper, framed. 90 x 75cm 2017
NFS
This artwork was one of the initial studies for the Herstory series, Snell's dedication to the female gaze extends to her mission of championing diversity.
This subject is Snell’s former husband and captures a brief moment, the subject seems somehow muted, as the title suggests. The yellow current running through the painting is symbolic of a brewing energy.
Painted Lady
Existential Butterflies Oil on Paper Framed
SOLD
A wishful meditation on beauty, innocence, and the metaphor of our earthly existence. Transcending boundaries and binding theologies.
BIDI BDI 200 x 122 cm, oil on Canvas, Herstory, 2019
Donated
The vibrant colours and fragmented metaphoric composition are symbolic of the person depicted. Attributed to the man who led an abundant life and the many loved ones he left behind.
Grass Dart
Existential Butterflies, Oil on Paper Framed, 2019
SOLD
A wishful meditation on beauty, innocence, and the metaphor of our earthly existence. Transcending boundaries and binding theologies.
trust
SOLD
152 x 122 cm, oil on Canvas, Herstory, 2018
This painting was part of the initial body of work for the Herstory, thesis.
Recognizing that our art history was primarily from a male gaze. It was important to Snell to depictions of humanity’s creation, intimacy, and eroticism from a female gaze.
The entwined figures emerge from the black in an embryonic-like unity. Unapologetic participation, shedding historical shame around female sensuality.
The title ‘Trust’ is a potent element, exposing the female psychic during intimacy.
Blue Agrus
Existential Butterflies, Oil on Paper Framed, 2019
SOLD
A wishful meditation on beauty, innocence, and the metaphor of our earthly existence. Transcending boundaries and binding theologies.
Humanity
Mixed media on Paper, framed. 87 x 81cm, 1995
NFS
This study is an early artwork dated when Ann was 17. Human experience is core to Snell’s art practice.
Being both sensitive and observant, Snell has executed emotionally charged portraits from an early age. This mixed media study (subject unknown) is imbued with an atmosphere, that invites contemplation from the viewer.