Instructor Anne B. Gunthner                   Click here to visit Anne's website

Anne B. Gunthner graduated from the University of North Texas with a major in Fashion Design and a minor in Art. She then went on to study fashion and general illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Art Students League and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Ms. Gunthner worked for many years in retail advertising as both a layout artist and art director for newspaper and catalogs. Retired from advertising, Ms. Gunthner has recently begun to persue her fine arts passion once again. She discovered her love of pastels several years ago with then-local artist Lorrie Turner and has continued her studies with award-winning pastelist, Dianna De Santis.

Ms. Gunthner has always been inspired by both American and European Impressionists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. True to this influence, her paintings are studies of vibrant color, texture and light. First "impressions" are rendered quickly followed by a more detailed study of light, shadow, shape and form. The artist aims to capture the soul of her subject, while keeping the composition fresh and alive to the very last stroke. Anne teaches summer workshops and fall classes to school age children at The Village Artist in Huntington, NY. She is an associate member of the Pastel Society of America as well as a member of the Portrait Society of America, the Catherine Lorillard Wolf Art Club, Allied Artists of America, the Southwest Pastel Society, the Conneticut Pastel Society, and the Huntington Arts Council.

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