Alannah Anderson is a painter based in Vancouver, BC. Studio visits are available by contacting the artist by phone: 604 876 5468 or by e-mail:
Prices for all paintings range from $210.00 to $1850.00 CDN
Commissions are considered. (If you don't like it, you don't pay.)
As well as painting from life and imagination, Alannah enjoys using photos, new and old, as an inspiration for oil paintings. See
"Waiting" and "Shelley Climbing".
My first vivid memory of painting occurred when I was 10 years old. On Saturday mornings I rode the streetcar from Kerrisdale to the Vancouver Art Gallery at the 1100 block Georgia Street. Tarpaulins had been spread around the perimeter of the galleries and using paper, poster paints, and crayons we made our own art while sitting under the old masters.
After high school I was a scholarship student at the Vancouver School of Art (now
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design) where I earned my diploma during the 1950s and 1960s. I also have a Bachelor of Education from University of B. C. In the 70’s life events intervened and I had to give up painting for 30 years. During this period I kept my creative juices flowing by studying costume design, fibre arts and interior design. Now that I am retired, I am free to devote my energy to painting. I continue to study old and new masters and hope to express joy, hope, peace and love in my work.
