Hello, I'm Annie.
Plant life and landscape has been a great inspiration throughout my artists life. Painting in both realism and abstraction genres, is a complimentary practice for me, providing both freedom and discipline to explore endless possibilities.
For the past 10 years, I been have been consistently painting and working primarily in oil and acrylic. There's nothing like resonating with a painting, for all the different reasons that we do - beauty, fascination, emotion, wonder, spirit, home. A painting can harmonise a space with texture and richness more than any other object.
Being creative has been life long. I live in Melbourne and currently work from a large light filled studio at home. I'm surrounded by a large wayward garden filled with plants and flowers. Both my mother and grandmother were painters so the idea that people created art was natural. I have maintained a space for my art practice, which often took a backseat, during years of family and a career. The luxury of going to Art School as a mature age student with three young children in tow, was an exhilarating time. Being immersed in art finding like minded people, participating in projects, discussions - all of it - was like coming home. It cemented and expanded my life as an artist.
I have been lucky enough to. travel widely and have visited galleries all over the world.
I endeavour to give each of my paintings on Bluethumb and in-depth insight for the curious. I love every minute of time in my studio, being absorbed by the entire process is the best feeling.
Thankyou for reading my Bio and feel free to reach out to me if you have an image you would like painted.
Annie