Anne Faith Nicholls was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1979 with a backwards heart. After open-heart surgery, Anne moved with her mother to Seattle where she was raised an only child. Anne credits these early experiences, as well as her upbringing, as the foundation and fuel that transformed her affinity for art into a necessity for expression. Themes of uncertainty, loneliness, urban chaos, flight, decay and growth can be identified by recurring images, symbolism, and characters within all of Anne's work. Her highly personal messages are delivered in a whimsical, untraditional and often experimental painting style. Using a broad range of materials on each and every work, Anne often paints, sculpts, builds, designs and illustrates intuitively, allowing ideas to take form while in progress. Each one of her gallery exhibitions has featured site-specific installations relating back to her paintings. An avid antiques collector, animal lover, and art history junkie, she finds her inspiration in salvage yards, on walks in the city, and on walls of museums. |