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Ann Crain, (born January 26, 1957) is an American artist known for working within many mediums of Abstract Art. She lives and works at her Studio on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Saint Leonard, Maryland.

Early life and education[edit source]

Crain was born in Wachapreague, Virginia, to Fletcher and Norma Hickman. Her father was a electrician for the US Coast Guard and NASA; her mother was housewife and ambulance driver for the local fire company. As a child she began her art career working with sculpture and painting. As a teenager she began a more formal approach to her painting obsession by participating in as many Art Shows as possible.

Crain studied painting at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia, attending as many workshops as possible to increase her abstract painting skills and creating her own style that collectors are always her next series of painting.

Work

Ann Crain rose to prominence in the late 1990's in the Washington, DC and Annapolis, Maryland area. A lifelong resident of the Chesapeake Bay region, Ann draws her inspiration from the personal connection she feels with the peaceful waters of the Bay, its rugged cliffs, and gentle breezes. Ann's work reflects the local landscape as well as distant and diverse places such as Carces en Provence, France, Tuscanny, Italy,  Caye Caulker in Belize, and Stockholm, Sweden.

Born on the Eastern Shore of Virgina and raised in the small fishing village of Wachapreague, Virginia, Ann always had a love for art. Not until the late 1990’s was she able to release the passion within. Her Artist statement, “Each piece of my work is of an emotional passion”. “I’m always interested in capturing the unexpected", describes her artist style perfectly.  Ann mingles jovial hues and tones with a diverse array of brushstrokes across the canvases in her representation of the world around her. Saturated with creativity and radiating with emotion, these works initiate a dialogue with the viewer on a transcendental level of perception. Comprehending the power of the imagination, Ann's works propel the viewer into existential states of imagination and reflection.

She has been painting since the first class she took at age 10. “It’s something I always wanted to do.” She dabbled in artwork, but never was able to pursue it full time. After moving to Maryland’s Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay in 1995, she was able to seriously start pursuing her dream in creating her art.

Ann continually refine’s her creative senses by merging color, line, figure and often integrates special materials to generate powerful artistic statements. With no distinct subject matter or destination, the intrinsic meanings of the images have the ability to alter and adapt to the unique psyche of the viewer; thus creating a very personal and intimate liaison.

Ann has studied under several well-known abstract artists in the Washington, DC and California's Central Coast area. Her art is featured in private collections thoughout the world, in such countries as France, Italy, South Africa, Turkey, and throughout the United Kingdom, in addition to many cities in the United States.

External links

www.anncrainart.com