Born in Dublin, Annemarie currently lives in Somerset. Annemarie is a contemporary figurative and landscape printmaker and painter. Her work process often combines traditional printmaking techniques, etching, engraving and lithography with drawing and painting creating a sense of depth, layering and texture.

 

Annemarie seeks to keep a real sense of spontaneity in her pieces to capture the energy and atmosphere of a memory or a moment in time, inviting the viewer to be drawn in, slow down, make their connection with the images and contemplate the wonders of the ordinary.

 

Annemarie makes some of her colour pigments from natural dyes using plant sources - roots, berries, bark, leaves, wood, herbs and spices. Minerals, iron oxide and other biological sources such as fungi and lichens. Chalks and limestone with some of the whites. Blues include yinmn blue which is chemically stable and is non-toxic, retaining its vibrancy in oil and water. She works on paper, wood panels, linen and natural fabrics.

 

Her work is held in public and private collections in Ireland and England. Other pieces are in private collections in France, Italy, Holland, Germany, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, USA,  New Zealand, Canada and El Salvador.

 

All works are original, and limited editions of prints are signed and stamped. Lino, monoprints and woodcuts limited editions are hand-burnished, polished and Illuminated.