Anne Gallagher

You’ve heard the expression, “starving artist.” Well, even though Anne loved creating art, the word “starving” scared her away from pursuing art as her first career. Instead, she wrote for a living until the happy day came when she could fully pursue art again.  

After graduating from Bucknell University, where she was a double major in Studio Art and English, Anne became accredited in public relations and served as a magazine editor, marketing manager for a Fortune 500 company, and freelance writer for numerous clients like Cleveland Clinic. 

She longed to return to painting fulltime, but life as a mother and writer was jam-packed. Then in 2012, a move from her longtime home in Northeast Ohio to downtown Chicago gave her the ideal opportunity to rekindle her passion for fine art. 

In Chicago, Anne became a member of the renowned Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, where she trained under master painters. Numerous workshops and her membership in the Plein Air Painters of Chicago further honed her skills as an artist. After nine years in the city, Anne moved to a rural lake community in North Carolina, where she enjoys painting landscapes and scenes of old farms.

Whether focusing on urban or rural landscapes, Anne paints en plein air (outside in the open air) anywhere her travels take her. She also enjoys creating still life paintings in her studio. Although her work has a distinctive style, Anne enjoys experimenting with new approaches and different techniques and materials.