Annie O'Brien Gonzales
BIO
Annie studied painting and art history at Oregon State University, holds a PhD in Higher Education and is a certified Golden Artist Educator and Silver Brush Instructor. Proficient in oil, acrylic, and mixed media, she is a colorist who creates expressive images inspired by nature. She recently returned to Colorado after 15 years in Santa Fe where she taught painting at Ghost Ranch and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum where she was also a Docent. She teaches painting across the US and Canada and has authored two books on expressive painting. Her paintings are shown in galleries, shows, art magazines and private collections and recently two of her paintings have been chosen for a museum collection. She currently has three paintings featured in the sold out New Mexico Magazine 2019 Artists Calendar. Her two best-selling books are ”Bold Expressive Painting: Painting Techniques for Still Lifes, Florals and Landscapes in Mixed Media” and "The Joy of Acrylic Painting" published by North Light Books. In response to high demand for her workshops, she recently created a series of online painting classes at www.boldexpressivepaintingworkshops.com
Education
Oregon State University, BFA studies
University of Oklahoma, BS, MS
University of Northern Colorado, PhD
Selected Exhibitions
2019
New Mexico Magazine Featured Artist-2019 Calendar
Painting selected to represent historic Wagon Mound, NM Festival
2018
Women Painting Women, Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown, TX
2017
Painting with Matisse, BIT, Telluride, Colorado
2016
Floriography- Solo Show, Globe Fine Art, 727 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM
Botanicals-Invitational Show, Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown, TX
2015
Women Artists of New Mexico, The Matthews Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Solo Show, East Gallery, Ah Haa School of Art, June, 2015, Telluride, Colorado
"Red" Show, Colors of Humanity Gallery, February 2015
2014
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Annual Docent Show, Santa Fe, NM, September 19-29, Santa Fe, NM
"The American Dream", Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown, Texas, June 4-July 13
Rites of Spring, 2nd Annual Juried Show, DAVIS & COMPANY CONTEMPORARY FINE ART GALLERY, Old Town Spring, Texas
2013
New Acquisitions from TAM’s Permanent Collection, The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho.
State of the Art: A Survey of New Mexico Artists - Paintings and Sculpture, The Matthews Gallery, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM
37th Annual Paseo Arts Festival, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Georgia O'Keeffe Annual Museum Docent Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2012
Georgia O'Keeffe Annual Museum Docent Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico
"Passport to the Arts", Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico
By Local, The Matthews Gallery, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2011
By Local, The Matthews Gallery, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Land & Light, Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Juried Show, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico
Tikkun Olam Group Show, Jewish Community Center, Tucson Arizona
1st Annual Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Docent Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Oklahoma Friendly, Oklahoma Art Guild, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2010
14th Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition, Colorado Plein Air Painters, Saks Galleries, Denver, Colorado
Degrees of Detail: Large and Small Works by Nine Artists, La Tienda Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Oklahoma Friendly, Oklahoma Art Guild, Oklahoma City, OklahomaGroup Show, Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce, Denver, Colorado
2009
COLLECT 8, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Solo Show, Wells Fargo Bank, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Encantada!, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Rio Grande Art Association
Taos International Juried Exhibition, The Taos Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
Oklahoma Friendly, Oklahoma Art Guild National Juried Exhibition, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Arizona Edges, Tubac Art Center, Arizona
2008
Day of the Dead Show, Jennie Cooley Gallery, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Encantada!, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Rio Grande Art Association
Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, Sumner Dene Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Colorado Annual Juried Show, Pagosa Springs Art Center, Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Solo Show, Wells Fargo Bank Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Fabrications, New Mexico State Capital Rotunda, Santa Fe, New Mexico
11th Annual Lines into Shapes, Art Center of Estes Park, Colorado
24th Annual All Colorado Show, Curtis Art Center, Greenwood Village, Colorado
Publications & Recognition
Author
”Bold Expressive Painting: Painting Techniques for Still Lifes, Florals and Landscapes in Mixed Media”
"The Joy of Acrylic Painting" published by North Light Books
Featured Writer, Cloth, Paper, Scissors Magazine, 2017
Featured Artist, Acrylic Artist, 2016
Featured Artist, Cloth, Paper, Scissors, 2016
Author/Featured Artist
“Expressive Still Lifes", "Expressive Landscapes", "Expressive Abstract Painting", Artists Network
Book reviewer- Cloth, Paper, Scissors, March/April, 2015
Articles
"Colors on My Palette" Profile, Where Art Lives Magazine, 2015
"Artist of the Month", Artisans, Santa Fe, NM, 2015
Artist Profile: In the Studio, Visual Language: Visual Arts Magazine, March, 2013
Artist Profile, Professional Artist Magazine, July 2013
Flowerona Profile, July, 2013
Other
Permanent Collection: The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, 2013
Honorable Mention, CFAI Winter Juried Show, "Elegance"
Showcase Winner: ArtSlant, 2012, 2011, September, 2010, July, 2010, May, 2010 Featured Artist, Straw House Gallery, Amado, Arizona, April, 2010
Featured Artist, Studios Magazine, Summer, 2010
Contemporary Fine Art International, 2nd Place, 2013
Contemporary Fine Art International Abstract Competition, 1st Place 2015
Winner: Northlight Books The Best of Mixed Media- Incite 1, 2 , 3 & 4- 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Contemporary Fine Art International, Spring Juried Show, 3rd Place, 2014
Contemporary Fine Art International, Summer Abstraction, Honorable Mention, 2014