About

I attribute my early love of art to my Belgian grandmother, whose impressionist painting style and encouragement resonates with me still. After graduating from Georgetown University’s Business School (BSBA) , I attended Pratt Institute’s School of Art and Design where I earned a Master’s Degree. I worked for several years as an art director and a freelance artist.

I took up painting again in my 30’s, encouraged by my dear friend, Ursula Beck, the founder and director of the Taos Art School in New Mexico. At that time I also attended the Art Students League in New York. Later, I had the good fortune to study under Gary Godbee at the Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey. Gary finds beauty in industrial landscapes and influenced me to paint my first cityscape, “Times Square.” Other wonderful teachers I have had include Ron Rencher, helping me capture the beautiful colors of the dessert, Mark Saenger who inspires a class as I have rarely seen, and most recently Barbara Minch, who has encouraged me to create art by words and by example.

Education

• Sebasco Art Workshops, workshop with Janet Fish, Maine

• New Jersey Center of Visual Arts, Summit, NJ

• The Yard School of Art, Montclair, NJ

• Art Student League, NY,NY

• Taos Art School, Taos, NM

• Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY MS Degree

• Instituto Allende, Gto., Mexico

• Georgetown, University, Washington, DC BSBA Degree

Affiliations

• Studio Montclair, NJ

• Board Member Taos Art School, NM

• The Montclair Art Museum, NJ

• The New Jersey Center of Visual Arts

• Somerset Art Associate, NJ

• Visual Art Center of New Jersey

• AIS (American Impressionist Society, Inc) Associate Member 2021-present

• NOAPS (National Oil and Acrylice Painters Society) 2022-present

• Whitney Museum, NY

Anne working on "Water Reflections", 2016