Joe Anna Arnett (American painter, 1950)

Nata a Jacksonville, una piccola città nelle lussureggianti foreste del Texas orientale, Joe Anna Arnett sapeva che sarebbe diventata un artista.

Si è laureata all'Università del Texas, conseguendo un Bachelor in Fine Arts, quindi si è trasferita a New York ed alla fine è diventata Senior Art Director per Young and Rubicam Advertising, lavorando su account come Merrill Lynch e People Magazine.

A New York, ha proseguito i suoi studi in belle arti alla Art Student's League. Nel 1984, Arnett si trasferì a Santa Fe, nel New Mexico.

Nel 1985, ha sposato l'artista James Asher ed insieme hanno iniziato la loro avventura di viaggi e pittura in tutto il mondo.

Negli ultimi 12 anni, Arnett ha condiviso il suo amore per la pittura e le tecniche che ha acquisito con dei studenti in seminari negli Stati Uniti, Canada, Italia, Francia ed Irlanda.

La sua citazione preferita sulla sua esperienza di insegnamento è "Niente è veramente tuo finché non lo dai via".

Lavorando in Plein Air o nel suo giardino, Arnett presenta i suoi soggetti con passione e rispetto per il Creatore degli originali. Joe Anna Arnett è rappresentata da Zaplin-Lampert Galery a Santa Fe, New Mexico.

After receiving her Bachelors of Fine Arts Joe Anna moved to New York and became a Senior Art Director for Young and Rubicam Advertising working on such accounts as Merrill Lynch and People Magazine.

In New York, she continued her studies in fine arts at the Art Student’s League for an additional four years.

Arnett has written articles for "The Artist’s Magazine", "American Arts Quarterly", "ART Ideas" and "Australian Artists Magazine" and has been featured in "The International Herald Tribune", "Southwest Art", "Western Art Digest" and the "North Light books", "Painting with Passion", "The Best of Flower Painting", "The Best of Flower Painting II", "The Complete Oil Painter" and "Sketchbook Confidential II" from North Light Publishing.

Arnett authored the North Light Book Painting Sumptuous Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers in Oil, which was first published in 1998 and went into a second edition as well as a Chinese language edition in 1999.

Joe Anna Arnett was a master artist, one of the producers and a writer for the PBS Series, Passport and Palette.

For the past 12 years, Arnett has enjoyed sharing her love of painting and the techniques she has acquired with students in workshops around the United States as well as Canada, Italy, France and Ireland. Her favorite quote about her teaching experience is "Nothing is truly yours until you give it away".

Working from life, either on location or from the flowers in her own garden, Arnett presents her subjects with passion and reverence for the Creator of the originals. Joe Anna Arnett is represented by Zaplin-Lampert Galery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.