"Red Dinghy"

Watercolor

12"x16" +frame

2018

ARTIST BIO

A native of Naples, Florida, Annie Strack is a classically trained professional artist whose formal art school training included advanced studies of numerous mediums. Although she is best known as a Modern Master of maritime painting, she is also an experienced expert in many other mediums, subjects, and styles.

As a commercial artist, her designs have been used by hotels, restaurants, retailers, and other businesses for decades. An experienced drafter, she has created architectural renderings for dozens of architects and building contractors and her illustrations have been featured in numerous publications.

She is also an industry trained expert in the uses and properties of artist materials, and she works with artist supply companies to test and review new products. Her knowledge makes her in demand as a demonstrator for art organizations and arts supply stores.

She's the author of The Artists Guide to Business & Marketing, and feature writer and contributing editor for Professional Artist Magazine, The Crafts Report, and other publications. She is the producer / host of Painting Seascapes in Watercolor, which is broadcast on TV worldwide and also available on DVD.

Strack has been published in several prominent magazines including Plein Air Magazine, Southwest Art Magazine, The Artist's Magazine, Watercolor Magazine, The Crafts Report, Wooden Boat International, Country Roads, Gallery Insider, House & Home, Louisiana Life, Gulf Coast Arts & Entertainment Review, Louisiana Homes & Gardens, Fig, County Lines, and Covington Magazine, and she has been featured in dozens of newspaper and television interviews.

Her art has been featured on the covers of Art Calendar Magazine, Harmon Homes Magazine, Inside Northside Magazine, and Northlake News Magazine.

Her paintings are exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the world, and have been featured in 22 solo shows. She exhibits in a multitude of national and international juried shows and she has won hundreds of awards and grants Strack earned the prestigious honor of Signature Membership in 22 artist societies including the International Society of Marine Painters and International Plein Air Painters, and she holds the esteemed honor of being an Official Authorized Artist for the US Coast Guard.

She has volunteered on the Board of Directors for numerous organizations and chaired a countless number of juried shows, plein air events, workshops, programs, and fundraising. She currently volunteers for the National Watercolor Society, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Plein Air Brandywine Valley, Louisiana Watercolor Society, Hawaii Watercolor Society, and Mid-Southern Watercolor Society.

Her artwork hangs in over 1,000 collections worldwide, including: USCG, Navy, Senate, Pentagon, Fredonia Museum, Zigler Museum, Lake Pontchartrain Maritime Museum, Jefferson Parish Courthouse, St. Tammany Parish Public Art Collection, San Benito Public Art Collection, VA Retirement Home, Merrill Lynch, Kildare Marine, Biloxi Sun-Herald, St Tammany Parish Hospital, Ochsner Foundation, New Orleans World Trade Center, Marsh USA, Transwestern Services, International Matex, Liberty Tire, and many more.

Annie Strack travels around the world to teach workshops and curate exhibits, and in between her busy travels she can be found painting or teaching in her studio near Philadelphia. She endeavors to dip her toes in an ocean at least once a month.

www.anniestrackart.com