Anne-Marie is a Western Australian artist, painting how she lives: the beach in summer, the bush in winter.
Growing up in remote Western Australia, Anne-Marie spent much of her youth peering out a light aircraft window 'spotting' during aerial mustering and travelling to and from boarding school.
She now has a fascination with viewing our landscapes from a ‘higher plane’.
Her aerial beach artworks are a celebration of the unique West Aussie lifestyle.
In her bush landscapes, she invites the viewer to connect with the awe and wonder she feels at the vast beauty and colour of outback WA.
Anne-Marie works mainly on large format canvas and board in acrylics using spray, brushes and palette knives.
She also utilises mixed media such as iron oxide, copper, metal leaf and earth to help capture the unique colours of the bush as well as vintage music sheets to portray the song lines and stories recounted to her as a child.
These childhood memories are also captured through Anne-Marie’s use of motifs, including the Ibis and the Min Min (firefly) which were told to be the visiting spirits of the elders – the old people – in many of these indigenous stories.
Anne-Marie produces most of her own images and is blessed to be strongly supported by family and friends who still live and work in the bush and fly light aircraft (perfect for leaning out windows with the trusty Canon) and drones with high resolution cameras.
Anne-Marie splits her time between her Perth studio and rural WA and is inspired to share her passion for the outback to encourage greater societal sponsorship and communion with the bush and all its guardians.
In addition to her art practice, Anne-Marie organises and curates community exhibitions including at Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC) and Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club (RFBYC).