You can find my artwork from my recent trip to Ireland in the Church Street Gallery in Sligo Ireland, I also give art lessons in the Yarmouth area and Ireland.
Most recently honored by having her work on exhibition by the Honorable Myra A. Freeman, Lieutenant Govenor of Nova Scotia, Ann Marie has been painting professionally for over 25 years. Born in Cornwall, Ontario, her parents moved back to Nova Scotia when she was seven years old. Ann Marie worked in the family business where she learned firsthand how to develop the marketing and customer skills essential to the business side of painting.
Pam Wilson Photo	Avid painters in her family were very supportive of her desire to pursue a career in this field. The vast majority of her paintings are Nova Scotia landscapes and seascapes. Early in Ann Marie's career she showcased her paintings in Nova Scotia malls, giving demonstrations on form, composition and the different techniques involved in painting a picture.          Ten years ago she started teaching art at junior high in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. You can see her work at juried exhibitions and festivals throughout the province. She has been interviewed by MITV (Maritime Today).

For many summers Ann Marie had an outdoor display of her artwork in downtown Yarmouth. Most of her customers were tourists arriving by ferry from the United States. She has sold paintings to visitors from Jerusalem, Sweden, Puerto Rico, Germany, Russia and the United States. Many customers commission her to do a painting even from a good quality photo.        Photography is also an interest and goes hand in hand with her painting. She has been a photographer for the Th'YARC theater in Yarmouth for some time and has recently had a photo - Guest Lovitt B&B - included in the book Heritage Houses of Nova Scotia.

Ann Marie's paintings can be very time consuming as she works to capture fine details like the rigging and pulleys on fishing boats. It can take up to a dozen glazes of colors before she gets the three dimensional effect she is looking for. She sketch's and draws extensively on paper before transferring her ideas onto canvas. She paints on Masonite boards that require many coats of gesso acrylic paint followed by sanding. Once a painting is complete, it is sprayed with several coats of varnish. Please explore the many moods of her paintings.