Biography

Pacific Northwest artist Anna Hoey was born in Bremerton, Washington and has been creating original artwork for more than 30 years. From an early age, art has been her passion. She received formal training at Washington universities, earning a Bachelor of Art Education at the University of Washington and a Master of Expansion Systems in Drawing from Central Washington University.

Current Work

Anna Hoey works in a variety of media, including watercolor, gouache, oil and chalk pastels, colored pencil, colored ink and graphite. Her subject matter repertoire is extremely diverse as well. In addition, she is as competent working with conceptual subject matter and artistic approaches as she is with realistic approaches. Her work is consistently maginative, energetic and high-quality.

Philosophy

"I think the challenge for an artist is to constantly explore and evolve. I am always exploring new techniques because artistic exploration helps me to make amazing discoveries about myself and about the world around me. I want my work to draw the viewer in... to make the wonder about the subject and the way it is interpreted in my work."