Bells and Whistles

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Starting painting later in life after a successful fashion business, Ann has used her knowledge and flair for shape, colour and line in her paintings.

Her canvases are mainly abstract and organic, expressing a free and flowing merging of colour, telling a story in her own language.
Ann's inspiration is from nature which she represents in organic shape and colour.
Her use of colour is a strong element in all of her work., Ann paintings are in acrylic and mixed media, using collage when she feels the painting would benefit.

In 2011 Ann won the Aquisitive Alexandrina Art Prize.

She continues in her pursuit of knowledge and skills after studying at the Adelaide Central School of Art

In 2018 she enrolled in the Creative Visionary Program, an online course based in USA, with 600 other artists. This was an extensive 3 month course, where she was mentored by Nicholas Wilton and several coaches.

Ann won Best Acrylic or Oil in the Walkerville Rotary Show 2018 among 550 entries.

In 2019 Ann won West Torrens Emerging Artist Award

In 2019 Ann started showing her work in Art Images Gallery.. Since then Ann has shown her paintings in two different Exhibitions at Art Images . Both Exibitions were a sellout for her;
She has sold her abstracts wellover the past 18 months with the Gallery.

In September 2020 the Oval Hotel opened in Adelaide. Ann was chosen as one of the artists to represent South Australia. She has 90 framed prints adorning the walls of this hotel.