Anna Rose Bain

Acquired directly from the artist

In the collection of the Art Renewal Center, 2023

Charleston, SC, Robert Lange Studios, The Birds and the Bees, October 7-28, 2022

Santa Fe, NM, PleinAir Magazine, 11th Annual Plein Air Salon, Honorable Mention, May 2022 (online exhibition)

New York, Sotheby’s, 16th International ARC Salon Exhibition, Artists & Illustrators Magazine award, Honorable Mention Portraiture, July 14 – 24, 2023

Brandon Rosas, Anything is Possible, Art of the West, Minnetonka, MN, July/August 2022, illustrated p.41

Beth Williams (Article title not yet released), Artist's Magazine, Cincinnati, OH, Cover Competition - 1st Place (Cover Art and Editorial), September/October 2023

Niki Browes, How I Work, How I Paint: Anna Rose Bain, Artists & Illustrators, London, July 2023, illustrated p. 25

S.Peralta, Lunar Codex: The Polaris Collection, enclosed in cultural time capsule on the Griffin lunar lander, launched by SpaceX, and placed on the Moon in perpetuity, launch scheduled November 2024, illustrated

Various authors, International Realism: 16th International ARC Salon, ACC Art Books, Woodbridge, Suffolk 2023, (Artists & Illustrators Magazine Award and Honorbale Mention Portraiture ), illustrated p. 33 & 136

Anna Rose Bain (b. 1985) is a fine art oil painter and commissioned portrait artist based in Colorado. Her paintings often depict people in peaceful settings or places that evoke happiness. She especially loves painting women and children, and seeks to convey all of her subjects with honesty and sensitivity.

Anna was self-taught until college. Inspired by her grandfather, who started painting at the age of 70, Anna spent her free time as a child sketching from nature and poring over art books. She studied fine art at Hillsdale College from 2003-2007, and in 2006 she took a figure painting course at the Florence Academy of Art. She graduated from Hillsdale with honors and distinguished herself as the first student in the school's history to have a solo senior show.

Anna now resides in Arvada, CO with her husband Steve and their two children. She works full-time as a fine art oil painter and commissioned portrait artist. She also teaches workshops, creates art instructional videos, and is actively involved in the local arts communities. She is a Signature member of the Oil Painters of America and is an Out of State Artist member of the California Art Club. She is also a member of Plein Air Artists of Colorado, and is a Signature faculty member of the Portrait Society of America. Her award-winning work can be found in numerous private and public collections around the world.

Anna's style employs a direct painting method while drawing from classical roots. She gains inspiration from the joys and struggles in her life, seeking to make the world a better place through her art. Her paintings are an expression of gratitude and an exploration of the questions one faces at different stages of their life.