Anne was born in Flagstaff AZ, and was homeschooled in the open grassy spaces of the Doney Park neighborhood. When she wasn't playing outside with her four siblings, she spent her free time in bed drawing people on copy paper with a mechanical pencil. Much of her knowledge and enthusiasm for art was cultivated by her artistic grandmother. Anne started getting portrait commissions throughout high school, and was encouraged by family, friends, and strangers to pursue art further into college. 

 

In 2023 she received the Student of the Year Award in Fine Arts at Coconino Community College and graduated with honors in 2024 with her AFA. While pursuing her education, she also explored different angles of an artistic career by working part time as a children’s art teacher and drawing illustrations for a children’s book. 

 

Anne often looks to her own childhood and nostalgic experiences for inspiration. She is drawn especially to unposed moments that reveal a person's distinct personality or a feeling of authentic joy. This most often translates through the subject of family. Her own experience of having selfless, dedicated parents is something she desires to emulate and encourage in society through her art until she can become a parent herself. 

 

​Anne currently enjoys drawing and painting in her makeshift-garage-studio and working alongside other artists in the Flagstaff art community. She is a member of the Artist's Coalition of Flagstaff, and her work is being displayed in their art gallery in the Flagstaff Mall, as well as Lund Canyon Coffee.

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"I'm a craftsman, because I'm a product of craftsmanship."  - Christian Young