Ann Salisbury

Medium

Watermedia

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Ann Salisbury is a Watermedia artist whose distinctive techniques have earned her national recognition. Her paintings are filled with intense glowing transparent color contrasted with rich and opaque dark backgrounds. Ann is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, the Southern Watercolor Society, and the Watercolor Society of North Carolina.

Biography

Ann is known for her bold paintings of floral subjects. She finds flowers to be endlessly fascinating as she works with their complex shapes, glowing color, and luminous shadows. For years she worked in, and taught classes in, traditional watercolor. When she became frustrated with the physical limitations of watercolor's ability to attain the transparent brilliance she wanted, she developed a technique of glazing with acrylic paints in a watercolor technique. This technique was featured in an article about Ann which appeared in American Artist magazine. Ann's florals go beyond the usual genre of floral watercolors in their treatment of flowers as strong design elements. There is a line from Virginia Woolf that refers to "...that hour between six and seven when every flower glows...". Ann Salisbury's paintings are her attempt to capture that moment.

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