About

Anne-Marie was born in New York of Belgian and Dutch parents, raised exclusively in the French language until the age of 10. She has resided in many countries, from the U.S. to Canada, Chile, and Switzerland, graduating from l’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Geneva.

Following 12 years in Mexico, she relocated to California in 1976 and, after raising her two children, rekindled her passion for painting in 1988. Anne-Marie continues her work in the historic ICB Art Center in Sausalito.

Her main influences are the “Fauves” ("wild beasts"), a loosely allied group of artists sharing a similar approach, including Matisse, Gauguin, Chagall, and Rouault, among others.

Her work is a blend of the European education of her early childhood, combined with the colors, passion, and folklore of Latin America which she assimilated through her travels.

Anne-Marie has always been fascinated by nature, the human figure, and the animal form. Her figurative work focuses on revealing the moods and feelings of her subjects through their attitude and posture. She often outlines her subjects and is attracted to imaginary backgrounds where the richness of fabrics, pleats, and other textures add atmosphere and dimension.

Anne-Marie’s work has been exhibited internationally at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, in Stockholm, Sweden, and Santiago, Chile.

"Brushstrokes of Life"

Her work presents an attractive cultural symbiosis.
On one hand you can observe her Latin influence in terms of chromatic freedom and selected themes, and on the other, shades of her Anglo-Saxon background appear ((composition, rationale, psychological infiltration). Fascinated by the human and animal form, her work focuses on the portrait, which she achieves in a unique individual style, awarding her international recognition.

Fernando Moya,
Centro Cultural de las Condes, Santiago, Chile

SELECT EXHIBITIONS


2022
Still Life, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Monochromatic, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Juror Suzanne Gray


2021
Summer Exhibition, The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, Juror Anita Feldman
Ecstasy, The Beauty of Nature, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Favorite Things: TREES, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Black, White, and Grey, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
ICB Group Show, Bay Model Visitor Center, Sausalito, CA
Favorite things: PORTRAITS, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Member Show, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA


2020
TEDx Marin Innovator Showcase, Sept, 2020
The Cycles of Life, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Pandemic Transformation, Sebastopol Center for The Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Favorite Things, Sebastopol Center for The Arts, Sebastopol, CA, International Online Juried Exhibition
Figure It Out, Healdsburg Center for The Arts, Healdsburg, CA, Juried by Graham Beal
100 Years of Freedom, Artworks Downtown Gallery 1337, San Rafael, CA
Windows and Doors, Sebastopol Center for The Arts, Sebastopol, CA, International Juried Exhibition
Spark Art Show, Town Center, Corte Madera, CA
Member Show, O’Hanlon Center for The Arts, Mill Valley, CA
The 2nd Half, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA


2019
Winter Open Studios, ICB Studios, Sausalito, CA
3rd ICB Artists at Work Day, ICB Studios, Sausalito, CA
Cirkel Arts + Crafts: Cross-Generational Creativity, The Wing, San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Women Artists, O’Hanlon Center for The Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Juried by Donna Seager & Suzanne Gray of Seager Gray Gallery
The Great Outdoors, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
BOLD, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley CA, Juried by Robert Green
Passion, Poise and Posture, Madrigal Family Winery, Sausalito, CA
Go Figure!, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Juried by Sandy Frank, Best in Show Award
ICB Exhibition, Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, CA
Member’s Show, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Something About Lines, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Winter White, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA


2018
From Dawn 'til Dusk, O’Hanlon Center Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Juror: David Harris
Bay Area Women Artists 2, O’Hanlon Center Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Juried by Donna Seager & Suzanne Gray of Seager Gray Gallery
Tell me a Story, O’Hanlon Center Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Juried by Chester Arnold
Blue, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Member’s Show, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
ICB 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA


2017
Fantasy & Reality, Solo Exhibition, Tiburon Library Gallery, Belvedere Tiburon, CA
Contemporary Landscape, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA , Juried by Chester Arnold
Printmaking Impressions, O’Hanlon Center Gallery, Mill Valley, Juried by Tom Killion
The Cycle of Life, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
Essence of Water, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Member’s Show, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA


2016
Bi-Annual Spring Juried Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
Bi-Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
The Brilliance of Symbols, O’Hanlon Center Gallery, Mill Valley CA


2015
Mill Valley Art Walk, Mill Valley, CA
Group Exhibition, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA


2014
Bi-Annual Spring Juried Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA


2013
Altered Book Show, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
Con Color, Solo Exhibition, Mill Valley Art Walk, Mill Valley, CA


2012
Face Me, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Horizons, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
Bi-Annual Juried Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
Figures and Faces, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA


2010
Peju Winery, Rutherford, CA


2007
Tiburon Art Festival, Tiburon, CA


2006
IHMR Javits Center, New York City, NY


2002
Dialogue Féminin, Two-person exhibition, L'Association France-Ameriques, Paris, France


2000
Solo Exhibition, Centro Cultural de Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
Bay Model Center Gallery, Sausalito, CA
La Galerie Internationale, Palo Alto, CA
Somarts Gallery, San Francisco, CA


1999
Galerie Everarts, Paris, France
Passages, Sutter Creek, CA
La Galerie Internationale, Palo Alto, CA


1998
World Contemporary Art '98, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
Bradford Smock Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Second International Art Festival, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA


1993-1997
Bechtel Gallery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Industrial Light and Magic, Lucas Film, San Rafael, CA
International Female Artists Biennial, Stockholm, Sweden, Honorable Mention Award
The World's Women Online, Beijing-Sydney-Washington-Tempe, AZ
Salon des Artistes Français '93, Grand Palais, Paris, France


EDUCATION
L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Geneva, Switzerland
Painting coursework, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA,
Certificate in Computer Graphics, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA