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STILL LIFE BY ANNA ROSE PAINTER
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Annas interest in art began from the moment she
could pick up a pencil. Born in Mauston, WI in
1985, Anna had a natural talent and left her mark
on everything from paper to unfinished walls in
the house. I have fond memories, she says, of
our house while my dad was still fixing it up,
and my twin sister and I shared a converted attic
for a room. Before we got carpet or wallpaper, we
were surrounded by enticing surfaces of plywood
and drywall, all begging to be decorated. So I
happily left my mark everywhere I went it was
usually in crayon and ended up being a
stretched-out Minnie Mouse, or a disproportionate
horse.
Inspired by her grandfather, who started painting
at the age of 70, Anna spent her free time as a
child sketching from nature and poring over art
books. Although she drew horses and other animals
from a very young age, she began to draw people
at the age of 10, when a childhood friend asked
her to illustrate one of her story books. From
there, her desire to capture likenesses expanded
from portraits of celebrities to images of family
and friends, always with a goal of making a
portrait look exactly like the person conveyed.
She sold her first professional portrait at the
age of 12.
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Anna was homeschooled all through high school,
giving her the opportunity to focus on art. Her
primary medium was colored pencil until she began
classes at Hillsdale College, majoring in Art.
There, she fell in love with oils and decided to
focus her studies on painting. Her strong
background in drawing helped her to launch
forward in advanced classes such as figure
painting and sculpture.
Under classical instruction and rigorous
technical training, Anna excelled in the
Hillsdale art department, sweeping juried art
awards every semester. She received a full
scholarship for her senior year, allowing her to
attend summer painting classes at the Florence
Academy of Art in 2006. She was the first student
in Hillsdale Colleges history to have a solo
senior exhibit, and she graduated in 2007 with
departmental honors
After graduating from Hillsdale, Anna moved to
Madison, WI where she worked for a professional
photography studio.   While serving there as the
head artist and marketing coordinator, Anna used
Photoshop to retouch pictures, to create
beautiful marketing pieces, and to design
stunning artistic creations from a clients
images. Her skills in Photoshop and experience in
photography allow her to have a better eye for
how a picture or painting will turn out. She can
piece together several images into one, so that
the end result is a beautiful, well-balanced
composition
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Anna's style may be defined as classical realism.
While true classical art attempts to idealize the
subject, and realist art tends to emphasize
flaws, she finds a balance between the two so
that the essence of the person or subject is not
lost. She says, "When I do a portrait I'm always
searching for something beautiful and unique
about that individual, and I try to bring it out.
I also see God's hand in all of His creation, and
because He said that it was good, I feel that
what I am conveying in my art should also be
'good.' That being said, some things that we
paint won't necessarily be 'beautiful,' but I
still want my art to convey some sense of purpose
and life." Anna believes that she would be
wrong to be in any other profession. "Art is
inseparable from me," she says. "The process,
though, is one of give and take. When I am
creating, I take from the subject a moment in
time, but a part of me is also left behind on the
canvas. I am captivated by those things that go
beyond the surface, and I hope to convey this
deep and abiding interest to everyone who sees my
work."
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"The biggest challenges for me, as an artist,
have been gaps in my life where I didn't have
time to paint. I really feel that art should be
something I live and breathe every day in order
to continue growing as an artist. I have to set
deadlines and goals for myself. Sometimes I'll
sit in front of my canvas and stare at it for a
long time before I get to work, but eventually I
muster up the courage to dive in. I'll decide to
finish different sections of the painting at the
start of each work day. Sometimes I make my goal,
sometimes I don't - sometimes I exceed it...and
that's when I've had a good day. Painting is
truly a discipline, and a series of
problem-solving. I love what I do I have no
regrets at all - I've had some great training,
but I'll keep on learning for the rest of my
life. I really feel that as an artist I'm living
my dream and my lifelong calling.
Anna now resides in Garland, TX with her husband,
Steve. She paints full-time as a commissioned
portrait artist, and participates in various art
shows around Dallas and Fort Worth. She also
attends regular life drawing and painting
sessions with the Society of Figurative Arts in
Carrolton, TX, and is an active member of the
Portrait Society of America
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T H E E N D
February 06.2010
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