Anne-Marie is a Western Australian artist, painting how she lives: the beach in summer, the bush in winter.

Growing up in remote WA, Anne-Marie spent much of her youth peering out a light aircraft window 'spotting' during aerial mustering and travelling to boarding school.

She now has a fascination with viewing bush landscapes from a ‘higher plane’ and invites the viewer to connect with the awe and wonder she feels at the vast beauty and colour of the outback.

Anne-Marie works on canvas, paper and board in acrylics using spray, brushes, sponge and palette knives.  She also utilises mixed media including iron oxide, copper, metal leaf and earth to help capture the unique colours of the bush and vintage music sheets to portray the song lines and stories recounted to her as a child.

These childhood memories are also captured through her use of motifs, including the Ibis and the Min Min (firefly) which were told to be the visiting spirits of the elders – the old people – in many of these indigenous stories.

Anne-Marie produces most of her own reference images and is blessed to be strongly supported by family and friends who live and work in the bush, fly light aircraft (perfect for leaning out windows with the trusty Canon) and drones with high resolution cameras.

Anne-Marie splits her time between Perth and country WA and is inspired to share her passion for the outback to encourage greater societal sponsorship and communion with the bush and all its guardians.