Annie Garton
Anne Garton has been involved in creative endeavors most of her adult life. She studied illustration at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto in the mid 60's where she was exposed to the famous Group of Seven landscape painters of the 30's and 40's. Their influence on her work is evident today, especially in her choice of the post-impressionist landscape as her subject. After moving to the Boston area with her artist husband, she studied painting in Scituate, Massachusetts under the marine artist, Michael Keane. Later in the decade she partnered with two other women in the operation of The Bare Cove Gallery in Hingham, Massachusetts. In 1980, she was instrumental in developing Business Impressions, one of the first art consultancies in New England. In 1982, she joined Gilmore Associates Video Production and inaugurated a twenty-five year career in advertising and film production, including a stint at WGBH in children's television production.
When her children were grown, Anne moved to Eastham in Cape Cod full time in 2001. For several years she consulted as a free-lance producer and writer as well as operating a small antique business from her barn in Eastham. In September of 2006, inspired by the inexhaustible natural beauty of the outercape, she returned to painting after a long artistic silence. She studied with the painter Rick Fleury at the Cape Cod Museum and subsequently with the New York landscape painter, Marjorie Portnow, at the Fine Art Work Center. Her early Canadian influences still dominate her artistic sensibility, as she strives to distill her love of her natural environment into a profound and spiritual artistic expression.
Exhibitions and Juried Shows
- 2008: Northeast Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association. Juror, Nicholas Baume, Chief Curator of the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art
- 2008: Renjeau Galleries: Seascapes and Coastal Landscapes Group Show
- 2008: Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Festival of the Arts
- 2008: Provincetown Art Assocaition and Museum: Blue Show
- 2007: Provincetown Art Association and Museum; Small Works Show
- 2007: Provincetown Art Association and Museum: Annual Juried Show
- 2007: Provincetown Art Association and Museum: 12 X 12 member show
- 2007: Cape Cod Arts Association: Juried All-Cape Show
- 2007: Creative Arts Center, Chatham MA Juried All-Cape Show
- 2007: Creative Arts Center: Open Juried Show
- 2007: Cape Cod Arts Association, Juried National Show
- 2007: Cape Cod Arts Association: Juried All New England Show
- 2007: Members Shows: Cape Cod Arts Association (4)
- 2006: Orleans Cultural Council annual show, 2006
Galleries
- Renjeau Gallery, Natick MA
- 20 Pearl St. Gallery, Hyannis,MA (opening June 2008)
- Juried Artist Memberships & Associations
- Cambridge Art Association
- Cape Cod Art Association
- Provincetown Art Association
- Formal Art Education
- Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario: Illustration
General Education
- BA University of Massachusetts, Anthropology
- MA University of Massachusetts, English Literature
- PH.D (ABD) McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Literary Theory
Workshops and Instruction
- 2007: Marjorie Portnow, Fine Arts Work Center
- 2006-2007: Rick Fleury, Cape Cod Museum of Fine Art; three workshops
- 2006: Christy King, Cape Cod Museum of Fine Art
- Michael Keane, Marine Painter.
Background
- 25 years in film/video production: producer, project management, set design, set styling, casting etc.
- Project Manager, WGBH, PBS: Ready-to Learn children's initiative
- Partner, Bare Cove Gallery, Hingham, MA
- Art Consultant: Business Impressions
- Director International Business Development, Hill Holiday Connors Cosmopulos