Anne McCormack
Biography
Anne McCormack studied Graphic Design and worked in advertising before changing career and undertaking a teaching diploma. She subsequently taught across special education, comprehensive, further and adult education before pursuing painting as a full-time profession. Mainly self-taught, she developed her knowledge through courses at Central St Martins, the Slade School and the Royal Drawing School.
She has exhibited at numerous UK galleries, with work selected for the Society of Women Artists, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Watercolour Society and Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Her awards include several RI Exhibition awards, including the Anthony Lester Award and Most Atmospheric Painting, as well as awards from the SWA and Hertford Art Society.
Artist Statement
Anne McCormack RI’s work is often narrative, reflecting situations and locations she has encountered, both past and present. A sense of time, conveying a particular moment or atmosphere, is central to her practice.
Her inspiration comes from many sources, including travel, people in everyday situations, interiors and natural still-life objects that catch her eye. She is interested in transforming familiar subjects that might easily be passed by into something interesting and intriguing, encouraging closer observation.
For McCormack, painting is a process of constant observation and experimentation. She values the opportunity it provides to explore and appreciate the world while accepting that the creative process does not always reach its intended conclusion.