Artist Bio
Ann studied painting, drawing, watercolor, acrylic and oil for eight years at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts. She was encouraged to show her work in galleries, quickly finding success. It was here that her original muse, her mother, took shape beneath her brush. Images sprang to life from the 1920s and 1930s, swinging hemlines, satin slippers, all conjuring memories of Evelyn Cox's Newcomb stories and a romantic, Gatsby-esque New Orleans. Her love for the figurative, bold colors and outlines radiated through her body of work. In 1996, she began using a technique that included painting the canvas black. Later, a chalk drawing creates the composition, and when washed after painting, the resulting image retains a strong black outline. The process became distinctive of her future work.
