After a foundation in art, Anne-Marie gained a degree in fashion design and enjoyed a successful career in fashion for over 20 years.  Owning a design consultancy with her (Menswear designer) husband,  Anne-Marie designed Womenswear for various luxury brands. 

This design discipline and aesthetic vision influences Anne-Marie's artworks;  both in use of colour and stylish subject matter.  A palette of muted greys and timeless black and white are enlivened with bright accents and the occasional flash of neon.  The textures of lace and the smoothness of glass are rendered in acrylics;  her preferred medium.  She is as much inspired by Vermeer as she is Rene Gruau...  in her artwork the dramatic darkness and strong light capturing the translucency of glass are influenced by the Dutch masters, while the graphic style and spatial awareness come from studying the great fashion illustrators.

In the same way a perfume can evoke a memory, a painting can capture emotion. Anne-Marie paints the things she loves and the beauty she sees in the everyday. Her work is as much about the atmosphere and associations surrounding these moments as the objects themselves — the ritual of aperitivo, the warmth of memories, or the feeling of being transported back to a special place.