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Anna Roberts' dreamy pastel coloured artworks inspired by a trip to Portugal

With the warmer months nearly upon us, daydreams of a summer holiday always interrupt our thoughts. For Anna Roberts, she captures these sentiments beautifully in her ongoing body of work inspired by a trip to Portugal.

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Child examining a glass container with yellow labelling while seated at a table against a green wall

Throughout the pastel artworks, there's a mixture of subjects, subtly linked, with common themes and colours running throughout. Roberts remarks, "I always find while visiting new places my senses are heightened. When travelling I can be completely present, making it easy to notice all those cool little moments I'd like to keep."

Each piece is hand-painted in pastel on cotton paper. A freelance artist and illustrator, Anna is based in Yorkshire. You can discover more of her work at anna-roberts.com, or follow her on Instagram.

Surreal pastel artwork showing two figures playing basketball against a wooden wall structure in a desert landscape, with a geometric building and orange sun in the sky above
Black dog walking past a pale yellow wall and decorative tilework on a Portuguese street corner
White-walled building facade with blue-framed arched window with green curtains and blue louvered door below, with blue cloth hanging from wall
Colourful washing including yellow, pink and red garments hanging on a line against a white-walled building with a burgundy roof section
Two bright yellow lemons sit in a white bowl on a pale blue surface against a green and yellow colour-blocked background
Three bright red peppers inside a translucent plastic carrier bag against a white background
Pink-walled interior with palm fronds in foreground and a blue-framed window against a peachy wall, hand-painted in pastels by Anna Roberts
Four Cape gooseberries with papery husks and orange fruits arranged on a light background, painted in soft pastels by Anna Roberts
Two pineapples with green crowns casting shadows against a pale pink background, hand-painted in pastel by Anna Roberts
Colourblock building facade in pastel pink, yellow and mint green with a white window and climbing plants in black pots, hand-painted by Anna Roberts
Weathered pale terracotta and blue-washed building facade with a green wooden door framed in red, with peeling render and a metal drain cover below
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