Ann Rhodes' landscapes are primed with red
underpainting, reminiscent of native Georgia
red clay. Her colors reflect the wattage of flaming
sunflowers or plush rows of lavender or the
muted blossoms of flowering apple trees against
their bright trunks. Paintings of the land are
specific to her travels and observations at home
and abroad in Italy and France.

SERIES
Lavendar of Provence
Sunflowers, Orchards and Vineyards of France and Italy
Orchards of the American South
Portraits on commission
COMMISSIONED PORTRAITS
Kim Adams, for Mrs. Valerie Adams
Mr. And Mrs. Myron Blee, for Kathy and Lawrence Ashe
Eliza Gellerstedt, for Carol and Larry Gellerstedt
Karen Ratajczak, for Mr. And Mrs. Donald Ratajczak
JURIED SHOWS AND AWARDS
Madison-Morgan Statewide Exhibition
Metro Montage, Marietta/Cobb Museum
Dalton Fall Festival
Jasper, Georgia, Marble Festival
Georgia National Fair
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GALLERIES
ARTifacts, Florence, AL
Beverly McNeil Gallery: Destin, FL, Birmingham, AL
Frameworks Gallery, Marietta, GA
Gallery One, St. Simon's Island, GA
High Country Art, Blue Ridge, GA
Studio K-1, Tula Art Center, Atlanta, GA
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Kathy and Lawrence Ashe
Ann and John Bailey
Carol and Larry Gellerstedt
Pat and Nolan Leake
Penny and Mike Pope
William Fred Scott
EDUCATION AND TEACHING
BA, Painting, Queens College
MA, Art History, Georgia State University
Continuing studies with Joe Perrin, Ouida Canaday,
Alan Tiegreen and Sandi Grow
Instructor in Art History: Atlanta College of Art,
Georgia State University, and DeKalb Community College
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"I have identified with the land all my life, and I have painted it.
For me, nature is a timeless subject, an earthly paradise — which we either tend or neglect or pave.
What I want to evoke in my landscapes is the intensity of nature's force,
its power to recharge the physical environment, season after season, recycling abundant growth throughout the centuries.
I've been told that the wind is always blowing in my paintings. I hope that wind is the breath of the spirit.
I am fed by nature's light and color, comforted by its underlying geometry, awed by its muscularity and insistence on living large."
- Ann B. Rhodes
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