The painting tradition is strong in Anne Packard's family from grandfather
Max Bohm, turn of the century impressionist, to her grandmother, great aunt,
uncle, mother & daughter.
Anne Packard grew up in Hyde park, New York, the daughter of a prominent
medical physician. Although she had a desire to be an artist, following the
strong painting tradition in her family, her parents coerced her into going
to secretarial school. After a period of working in New York City, she
married an English teacher and raised 5 children in princeton, New Jersey.
Anne took up painting at 30, when the youngest of her 5 was 6 months old.
In the 70's, Anne divorced. Having always summered in Provincetown, Mass.,
she moved there with her family. There she began her career as an artist
painting on pieces of driftwood which she sold for $10.00 a piece to passing
tourists...that was 30 years ago.
As her paintings came to involve her total devotion, she studied with the
late Phillip Malicoat who had trained in the Hawthorne School. He helped
free her from the limited scope of painting small. Packard also studied at
Bard College. With maturity of outlook and applied discipline, new
directions emerged. In recent years, Anne developed a more complex
brushwork and deeper awareness of nuances in light, color and composition.
Anne's distinctive style of painting continues to impact the narrow land's
seasonal cycles. The Mediterranean world, bathed in a parallel luminosity,
has increasingly yielded subjects for her exploration. As you see in her
work, The Cape end, to which Anne returns time & again, continues to restore
her spirit.
