"To paint, to create art, to lose myself in the moment.....that is what drives me, thrills me. To put down my brush and stand back and say, Yes!, it has been a good day."
Ann Elizabeth Schlegel is the recipient of the 2002 Arts Ovation Award for outstanding achievement in the visual arts with special recognition by the Pennsylvania State Senate and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Her Musikfest 20th anniversary poster received the Gold Addy Award.
In addition to the Musikfest poster, Ann has created the art for the Mayfair 20th anniversary poster 2006, the Wine Dine Culinary Festival posters for 2003 and 2005, the Cigars International Cigarfest posters for 2005 and 2006 and the Andy Warhol poster for the Allentown Art Museum Andy Warhol exhibit in 2006. She was also selected to create the 31st annual poster for the 2007 Monterey Wine Festival, Monterey, California. She has been a resident artist with the Banana Factory since May 1999. |
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Ann is primarily an oil painter. Traveling to Paris to further her knowledge of 19th century art, she studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux-Arts. She has painted in the south of France and Giverny, home of Claude Monet. In 2003, Ann exhibited in Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany, and she was invited to return in 2005 for a second solo exhibition, “The Red Violin and Other Compositions,” in the Stadt Musik Schüle, the City Music School.
Ann exhibits internationally. She has been featured in several solo, regional and national juried shows, including the PA Academy of the Fine Arts and The Banana Factory. She has donated proceeds from her art to causes including St. Luke’s Hospital, Sacred Heart Hospital, The Nineteenth Street Theatre, Allentown Symphony Hall, The United Friends School, Community Services for Children, The Baum School of Art, Public Television, KidsPeace, Breast Cancer research, AIDSnet, The Tsunami Relief effort, Dream Come True, Make a Wish Foundation and thecharities that benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina, including The American Red Cross and The Salvation Army.
Ann maintains and updates two websites on a daily basis:
www.annelizabethschlegel.com and a website promoting her 'Painting Each Day' endeavor of completing a painting each day for one year: www.paintingeachday.blogspot.com.
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