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Ann McMillan paints the
California landscape with lush sweeps of paint creating texture and rich color
that glow on her canvases.
Ann began oil painting seven
years ago after studying drawing, science illustration and watercolor painting
since childhood. After graduating from University of California, Santa Cruz as a
biologist in 1997, Ann discovered her love for en plein air painting while
working as a field researcher in the Sierra Nevada.
Ann studies the interaction of
light and color in the tradition of California Impressionism. Her recent work
emphasizes the intensity and subtlety of sun and shadow. Training with Jove Wang
and Barry Raybould has taught her to organize her painting around solid design
and carefully mixed color. Ann always looks for strong and unusual compositions
and color combinations. She tries to create art that reflects the vibrancy of
nature and her love of close observation of the landscape.
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