Anna Youngers

“The process of creating art is a challenging pilgrimage that forces me to continually investigate a deeper understanding and awe of the tangible world.  Each day provides a unique opportunity to intimately experience my environment through careful observation of form, light, and color.  I am greatly influenced by the classical imagery of the Old Masters, and I aspire to create that timeless quality in my own paintings.  I want my work to capture the simple transcendent beauty of what is experienced day to day – whether that be the fascination by familiar objects in a still life, the elegant bone structure or elusive expression of a person, or the light, color, and feeling of
a landscape.”

Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1985, Anna began her training as a painter early in life.  At the age of sixteen she began a four-year classical apprenticeship at Pantura Studios with painters Hans-Peter Szameit and Sanna Tomac.  Anna credits her traditional atelier training with providing her the fundamentals of seeing, drawing and rendering form from life.  Her working methods today continue to evolve, but are primarily rooted in the classical
tradition, employing chiaroscuro lighting and skilled draftsmanship.  Upon completion of her training in 2006, Anna opened her studio in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where she currently paints and teaches.

Anna exhibits her work throughout the US and is
currently represented by Gardner Colby Gallery in Naples, Florida.  She has been featured in Southwest Art Magazine and American Art Collector and has received many awards for her work including 1st Place in Oil Painting from the Scottsdale Artist School “Best and Brightest” Juried Show (2008), a full advance workshop scholarship from the
Scottsdale Artist School (2007 & 2008) and a
South Dakota Artist Fellowship Grant (2007-2008).