Artist Anne Pell Harkness

With a background in design, Anne Harkness gravitates towards subjects with strong graphic images. Town scenes, chairs and telephone poles are among her favorites.

Even in middle school, Harkness was pulling ads out of magazines to tape up on her doors. She liked clean crisp shapes and ads with witty, simple headlines.

Growing up in a family of artists, Harkness’ mother was a painter, her grand- mother a sculptor and painter, her dad, an aspiring architect, one brother an architect and a photographer, with her other brother a builder and painter.

“Great art captures something unexpected. Its beauty strikes at our very core. The artist gives something of themselves to the artwork and that is what calls to people. Great art is more than just technical skill; it's got to draw the viewer in, tell a story, or emote a feeling we want to keep experiencing.”