Using only palette knives and paint straight from the tube, Ann Marie is an impasto painter focusing on contemporary landscapes. Relying primarily on memory, Ann Marie's recent body of work references natural elements, textile design, and infrastructure, including visual enlargements of foliage from her neighborhood, the historic Aurora Highlands in Arlington, Virginia. She slathers frosting-like paint layer upon layer onto the canvas, with paint running off the edges resulting in a sculptural, three-dimensional appearance. Inspired by expressionist artists Joan Mitchell and Frank Auerbach, Ann Marie considers her style a blend of expressionism and impressionism.

Ann Marie was a Resident Artist at the Arlington Arts Center from 2004 to 2009 where she regularly had solo exhibitions and volunteered. She graduated from Virginia Tech Summa Cum Laude with a BA in Studio Art (painting concentration) and a BS in Marketing Management.

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
* Indicates solo show

*Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center, Glen Allen, VA September 2014
*Cooley Gallery, Leesburg, VA, September 2014
Arlington Arts Center, Resident Alumni Exhibition, October- December 2014
*Baked & Wired, Georgetown, Washington, DC, December 2014
*Tryst, Adams Morgan, DC, February 2015

SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS

Hylton Center, Juried Exhibit, Manassas, VA, May- July 2014
*Aurora Hills Community Center, Arlington, VA, April- July 2014
CAMP Rehoboth Women's Fest, Rehoboth Beach, DE, April 2014
Cooley Gallery, Small Works Show, February-March 2014
*Hylton Performing Arts Center, Buchanan Gallery, December to January 2014
*Northside Social, Arlington, VA, April- June 2013
CAMP Rehoboth Women's Fest, Rehoboth Beach, DE, April 2013
*Shirlington Library, Arlington, VA, March 2013
*Arlington Central Library, January 2013
*Lee Center, Alexandria, VA, June 2011
Premier Gallery of Ghent, Norfolk, VA, February 2011
Irvine Nature Center, Owings Mills, MD, February 2011
ArtSpace, Falls Church, VA, September 2010
Studio B, Washington, DC, Delicacies, June 2010
Rehoboth Beach Convention Center, DE, LottoHeart, July 2010
Art DC Gallery, Hyattsville, MD, 12 x 12, May 2010
*Center for the Arts, Manassas, VA, 2009
Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, Nocturnal, March 2009
Sewall-Belmont Museum, DC, La Feminine, June 2008
Arlington Arts Center, Resident Artists Exhibit, Jan 2008
Touchstone Gallery, DC, Small Works Exhibit, Dec 2007
*Arlington Arts Center, Seasons in Impasto, May 2007
Armory Art Gallery, Blacksburg, VA, Oct 2006
*Arlington Central Library, Sep 2006
*Tryst Lounge, DC, June 2006
Kalorama Arts Fair, DC, June 2006
Arlington Arts Center, Resident Artists Show, May 2006
*NBC4 Arts Gallery, DC, Dec 2005
Alexandria Festival of the Arts, Sep 2005
Washington School of Photography, Bethesda, MD, State Capitol Scenics, July 2005
*Arlington Arts Center, Collisions of Color, July 2005
*HNTB Architecture, DC, Dec 2004
Barracks Row Art Fest, DC, Oct 2004
*University of Michigan Voices Art Gallery, Reflections of Childhood Cancer, Jul-Dec 2004
*City Cafe, Baltimore, MD, Aug 2004
The Art Store, Washington, DC, Emerging Artists Group Exhibition, May 2004
GWU, DC, Art in the Springtime, May 2004
Skadden Arps Law Firm, DC, Apr 2004
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, DC, Textures, March 2004
The Women’s Center of Jacksonville, FL, Portraits of the Self, Feb 2004
*Porter Library of Central Rappahannock, Stafford, VA, Dec 2003
Art Pannonia Gallery, Blacksburg, VA, Apr 2002
*XYZ Gallery, Blacksburg, VA,Thick Chunks of Color, March 2002