“I have art in the kitchen, art in closets, in laundry rooms, and in bathrooms. You never ask yourself is this [art] going to match my carpet. Does it go well over the mantle of my fireplace. Don’t even think about a place where you are going to put this painting. Just own it because you want to live with it, and then find a spot. I’ve always found a spot. [A friend] came up to me to say, ‘Anne, this is the first painting I have ever bought.’ And I said, “Why did you buy it?” He said, ‘It hit me right in the gut. I said, ‘Yes, you’re in the right spot.’ And that’s how I collected. It’s been a gut collection for life.”
Interviewed and photographed by Lani Seikaly
Editor Note: The Chestertown Spy and RiverArts have partnered in 2016 to share the art organization’s community arts project “Humans of Kent County,” designed to celebrate the wonderful, unique folks who live and work in Kent County. Citizens are invited to interview and photograph from young to old from all corners of the county and to submit a photograph and brief story to be part of the project. It will be posted on the Spy each week and each quarter the most interesting photos and stories will be enlarged and produced for an exhibition at the RiverArts gallery in Chestertown.
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