About Ann L. E. Bach

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(American, contemporary) Ann is a colorist with primary inspiration coming from the work of Sir Howard Hodgkin. As Hodgkin was moved by his beloved Indian sunsets, Ann finds color inspiration from the heat of South Florida and wherever she travels. Most recently, these locales have included Norway and Scotland.

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After a successful career in Boston marketing international architectural services, Bach attended art school for the first time studying at the prestigious Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, CT. There she studied exclusively with colorist Steven Sheehan who was also on the faculty of Yale School of Art and director of Yale's Ralph Mayer Learning Center. Mayer was author of The Artist's Handbook.

 

So yes, she is a painter. But as a painter, she is also a story-teller. As a story-teller, she is a motivational speaker. (She can be bribed to talk, or, in her mind, "regale" you about her cabaret performances at the O'Neil Theater Center in Waterford, CT). Since she didn't attend her CT art school until her mid-40s, she knows what it's like before you "find your true calling" and enjoys helping others find that for themselves whether it's painting or not....

During this time her work was acquired for private collections in CT, New York

and California.

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The only surviving image from her early years of painting is her first private com-

mission, "The Leaning Tree at The Country School," 2000, 36" x 40", oil on linen,

Madison, CT.  But the influence of the work of neo-expressionist Howard Hodgkin

on her work is already evident. Following Hodgkin and vanGogh, Bach also designed

the frame which was made of the Leaning Tree, and integrated it into the painting

of the beloved campus tree. The frame was constructed by faculty member

Bix DuPont.

 

She has exhibited in solo shows and juried group shows including two successive years at Bringing Art Into the Research Environment (BARE) at Pfizer Pharmaceutical research headquarters in Groton, CT. 

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And her Historic Palm Beach miniature watercolor prints (shown in Media) are available exclusively at the Flagler Museum store in Palm Beach, FL, featured in the March issue of Palm Beach Illustrated. www.palmbeachillustrated.com 
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Ann splits her time between Palm Beach and elsewhere. There's always room for more......

If you want to be part of the adventure, follow her IG @annlbach

 

 

 

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