Anne paints 'jewel-like' seascapes from a place of careful obsurvation and imersion in the scene.
Passionate about the Scottish coastline, Anne focuses on native seascapes. She visits and immerses herself in the seascape; then works in her studio, building the painting in carefully observed layers. This method takes time and consideration, capturing the sublime beauty of the scene through intense colour and the careful abstraction of form, light and weather.
The result is a beautiful, jewel-like portrayal of the scene, a unity of painting and experience.The effect is reminiscent of Mondrian's seascapes of the early 1900s in the use of a universal pictorial language representing the dynamic, evolutionary forces that govern nature and human experience.
Anne finds a contrast and unease where sky meets land, light meets dark, the sun is overcast by clouds and shadow. The depth and distance achieved by Anne in her compositions show the elusive quality of the coastlines, demonstrating that beauty is often out of reach and unattainable.
We feel the desolate beauty, vast skies and expansive sandscapes of the Outer Hebrides, where shimmers of sun break through a threatening sky. The ethereal quality of the Islands with saturated colours and a cool, almost dazzling brightness. She conveys the exceptional quality of light and wild beauty with a compelling elegance and expertly achieved simplicity.