Angeli Sowani' collections have been inspired by her move to the UK. A change in tone and colour were obvious in her first London Exhibition Identity in Abstraction in 2004. The vibrancy and heat of the orient have been softened, she comments, ‘I was inspired by the flagstones and the interplay of light and shade in the interior of the cathedral and the tree-lined streets of Winchester’. A keen sensitivity to current affairs is also apparent in works that make reference to the Tsunami in December 2005, the July bombings in London and the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, highlighting human reactions to these tragic events.