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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 |
"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 | ||