Artist Biography

Anne Brawer Schwartz earned her Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design from the University of Oregon, and attended the Gemological Institute of America, studying jewelry design and gemology. This led Anne to a long and successful career as a custom jewelry designer with creations showcased throughout the country by prominent retailers.

When Anne became a mother, she decided to leave the world of jewelry design, but her creative and artistic nature led her to pursue other forms of expression. Eventually, she found painting. Anne's paintings are done in oil on canvas and other forms of mixed media on paper and canvas.

Anne is located in Pacific Palisades, California, and works in mixed media, oil, and collage.

Artist's Statement

Anne's latest collection, Crystal Auras, tantalizes the viewer with paintings that reflect an artistic exploration of cosmic history. The collection delves deep inside the earth, seizing upon Anne's love of precious gems and minerals, and concurrently reaches out beyond our own world into a landscape of swirling planets and exploding stars. Anne pushes her palette of heavily textured, richly colored surfaces, one color playing off the next, transforming into contrasts of light and dark, drawing upon dynamic energy to paint imaginative and intriguing dramas.