Annie started early in her pursuit of the artistic as
a theater arts major in college where she performed improvisational theater in Chicago (where she was born and raised.) She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for a year and then left Chicago for  Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1987.

She designed and made jewelry and had a successful run with it, selling to small boutiques and stores throughout the western U.S. for 6 years. Production work took its toll, and she began to look for new projects. She is passionate about color and started painting furniture and small home accessories (hello, IKEA).  She has also been juried into the Southwest Arts and crafts Festival in 1997 with these painted pieces.

In 1999 she began teaching classes at the local stamp store, China  > Phoenix 2.  Anne has taught various mixed media projects in collage, rubber stamping, mask making, paper dolls, books and shrines. She still teaches 4-6 classes a year.

Anne has received a commission for 20 of her fabric dolls for each of the last three years from the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women for presentation as commendations for their Governor's Award.

Adding to her portfolio is her represention by The
Karen Melfi Collection in Santa Fe and she is
currently showing at the Corrales Bosque Gallery in Corrales, New  Mexico.

Anne has also been published in Somerset Studio, The Studio, Legacy and had a  project in Sharilynn
Miller's The Stamp Artists Project Book (Rockport  Publishers, 2001).

The Capolan Exchange is honored to have Anne join in our sojourns with her talent and heart.