Anne Metcalfe

Anne Wooster Metcalfe has been an artist and a lover of nature all of her life. Growing up in Waldoboro, she took art lessons from established artists and attended Medomak Valley High School. She later attended Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Throughout the years, she has been inspired by her mother’s garden employing various mediums.

In 2000, Anne became the art teacher at the Warren Community School. There she taught and collaborated with other art teachers for six years. As an instructor, Anne was eligible to attend Hay Stack School of Arts for one weekend every year with other Maine art teachers.

At Haystack, she was introduced to monotypes and fell in love with printing the flora of Maine. Monotypes are reminiscent of photography yet feel like painting. Each print is an original. While an individual leaf may be used in more than one print, its color and composition always change.

Upon her introduction to the monotype process, Anne found her inspiration to full fill her dreams. Devoting herself to art full-time, Anne gathers her printing material from her gardens, friends’ gardens and the local country side. She feels her art is a necessary expression of the beauty of her life.

In 1990, Anne attended Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Majoring in photography, she painted and photographed the large public gardens in Maryland while completing her BFA. As a professor’s assistant, Anne developed an interest in education. In 1996, she again attended MICA to receive a Masters in Education.

Contact:
Unstone@2tidewater.net
(207) 785-2531
PO Box 916
Union ME

Exhibitions
Art Space, Member since May 2009, Chamomile, Lupine and Lace August 2009
Tidemark Gallery, co-op member since May 2007, Summer Impressions August 2008
Working Art Gallery, Sept-Dec 2008
Good Tern CO-OP, solo show Aug 2008
Badger Cafe, solo show, March 2008
Gibbs Library, solo show, Dec. –Jan. 2008
Waldo Theater solo show, winter 1993
Frick Gallery, summer 1992
Le Va-Tout Gallery, summer 9192