Anne began her artistic career with an Honours Degree in Painting from the Edinburgh College of Art, Heriot-Watt University in 1992. She then gained a Masters' Degree in European Fine Art from Winchester School of Artin 1993; and was awarded a Hope Scott Trust Award to fund a trip to Harris in August 2019.
Passionate about the Scottish coastline, Anne focuses on native seascapes. She visits and immerses herself in the seascape; then works in her studio, building the painting in carefully observed layers. This method takes time and consideration, capturing the sublime beauty of the scene through intense colour and the careful abstraction of form, light and weather.
The result is a beautiful, jewel - like portrayal of the scene, a unity of painting and experience. There is contrast and unease - where sky meets land, light meets dark, the sun is overcast by clouds and shadow. The depth and distance achieved by Anne in her compositions show the elusive quality of the coastlines, demonstrating that beauty is often out of reach and unattainable.
Anne currently works as a full-time artist from her studio in Edinburgh.
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