Home Studio -  Jamesville, Virginia

    "After waving goodbye to midtown Manhattan and my job as Worldwide Creative Director for Saatchi and Saatchi, I am interested in standing still, seeing what moves me.  The thin trail of a sandbar in high tide, the pink edge of a cloud, the offset reflection of a half moon.  And, always, the mystery evoked at the edge of the Chespeake Bay's water and sky."

    Ann recently moved from Manhattan to the Eastern Shore of Virginia where she and her husband, Dan Lytle, have had a house since the mid 90s.

    "I'd always been a writer - journalism and poetry and probably hundreds of 30 second TV spots.  I started painting ten years ago as a way to do something creative without all of the judgement that my career brought me.  Most of my art education has come from learning to stand still, see what moves me.  Also, I've learned a great deal from the work of other artists, particularly Keven Fitzgerald, Milton Avery, Wolf Kahn, John Evans, Leslie Wu and JW Turner."

    Ann's paintings have been auctioned annually to benefit Maryland Hall Arts Center in Annapolis.