Annie is based in Fremantle, West Australia. She has been painting since chidhood, first selling in the UK in the 1980s. She has been working in the textile medium since her arrival in Perth from the UK in 1994 and is now focusing working with both media in tandem.
Previously she had been "painting" with fabric and thread, utilising the intensity and depth of the colour of silk, satin etc and using it to produce artworks on canvas. In these "paintings" she extends her bold use of colour in predominantly abstract compositions. Techniques used include applique, free-machine embroidery, hand stitching, beading and the use of water-soluble fabrics and heat to extend the range of surfaces produced. This year she has begun painting again and is now experimenting with combining her knowledge of both painting and textiles. This is producing a new and exciting direction in her work.
The themes and inspirations her work are derived from her passions for both colour, rhythm and music.

Annie has exhibited in various group exhibitions and is currently working towards a solo exhibition in 2007/8. Details will be posted on the events page when this is finalised.

She also produces stitched gift items, available through Craft Shop outlets such as that at the Fremantle Arts Centre, where her work has been "In Focus" for a month on three occasions in recent years. These gift items include brooches, trinket boxes, embroidered flowers, bookmarks etc.

Teaching is the third string to her bow and she co-ordinates and runs Catalyst Textile Workshops. These one day classes are held over 2 terms per year and use the teaching talent of many of Perths top textile artists.

Previous experience includes painting garden landscapes in acrylics which she sold in the UK. There she also worked on the restoration and hand colouring of antique lithographic prints and was, for 4 years, in the wardrobe dept of Sterts Theatre Company in Cornwall.

Exhibitions

2006 Artists in Arms inaugural exhibition, Mt Lawley
2006 365 Days - by Oliver Sage - contributing artsist - acrylic paintings
2006 Arthritis Foundation, Accent Gallery, Dalkeith
2005 August, "Women of the West" - Challen & Rafferty, Daglish
2003/4/5/6 Donated works sold at "The Great Deckchair Auction" for Deckchair Theatre
2003 July, 4 woman exhibition “Quartette” at Heathcote Gallery
2002 "The Art of Refuge" - Moores Building, Fremantle
2000 group exhibition “Pillow Talk” Fremantle Arts Centre
2000 3 woman exhibition “Catalyst” at Atwell House in Applecross
2000 group exhibition “Vessel” at the Fremantle Arts Centre
1996 exhibited paintings & small textile works at Hatfield House, UK
1992 paintings on exhibition in The Hall Gallery in Cornwall, UK