ANNE STRUTZ

Anne Walker Strutz is an artist in motion, pushing boundaries by infusing movement and energy into her paintings. For Anne, painting begins with what you cannot see. A visual artist is like a magician, telling a story by creating an illusion of space, feelings, dimension, or fleeting moment, for the viewers. Anne’s journey as an artist has been a fulfilling adventure, leading her from fashion and textile design in NYC, to teaching art and developing art curricula. In 2013, Anne turned her focus to fine art and began passionately exploring the medium of pastel earning recognition as a Master Pastelist as recognized by the International Association of Pastel Artists. With a desire to work on a larger scale, Anne began to paint in the oil medium. The experience of working in pastel exclusively for several years has influenced her approach to painting with oils following in the footsteps of the masters who often created a smaller scale pastel painting prior to moving to the large scale oil works.

Anne’s work has been featured in the Pastel Journal, Pratique Des Arts and Strokes of Genius publications. She has been a recurring featured author for Pastel Journal and Artist Magazine. Anne currently sponsors a Bi-Annual Global Pastel Society Grant for the International Association of Pastel Artists, which awards grants to pastel societies throughout the world to both teach the beauty of the pastel medium as well as provide community service in their local areas.

Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts

Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, NYC

International Association of Pastel Society (IAPS) Master Circle Status