my name is annie and i am an artist currently local to greenville, sc. i specialize in landscape art (plein air) and neo-expressionism.

i find it hard to stick to one niche in this aspect of my life. i enjoy all aspects of creating and i always have. my path with art and the way i express myself through it has changed drastically over the course of my eighteen years of life, and this form you all are currently seeing is the hardest yet most rewarding kind of art i have ever created. through painting i have learned the arts of patience and imperfectionism, which i think is a beautiful learned skill for every walk of life & person.

i think the hardest thing for any human is the feeling of want and shame. wanting a nicer house or a better car, wanting a better paying job and thinking about the peace that would come with financial security, wanting a person so bad it feels like you could throw up, wanting just one more day with a loved one that has passed away, ect. this is something i think i have struggled with consistently in every corner of my life since i could remember. i have never been the one to be happy and content with what i have and i don’t stop until i either forget or finally have it. i have found that this is good and this mindset has done well for me and has gotten me fairly far in life, until it attaches to something that i cannot have. sometimes things don’t happen for a reason. sometimes things don’t go the way the book says they should go. if everything i have ever wished for came true i wouldn’t be where i am today. thank god.

i have never looked at a painting i had obsessed over perfecting and felt satisfied. that doesn’t mean i don’t still chase it, i just understand it now. i don’t think i was meant to be content.

i was the kid that took coloring way too seriously