<div><div><div><p>Ann Chaitin was born in Montreal, Quebec, and grew up in Arizona, where she developed a deep and abiding love the the desert and the beauty of nature's untouched spaces. She earned her BA in Art with a major in painting and minor in art history, graduating with Honors. After working as an Illustrator for the Los Angeles City Schools, she returned to graduate school at UCLA, earning a Secondary Teaching Credential in Art Education. She taught art at the junior high level in Los Angeles, then in Bedford, MA before returning to California to and her 34 year position as Middle School Art Teacher at La Jolla Country Day School. She was able to combine her Art and Teaching ability during her tenure as Artist in Residence at Cabrillo National Monument from June 2015-December 2016. She is an active member of the La Jolla Art Association and enjoys exhibiting in local galleries and working in her home studio.</p></div></div></div>
StatementI loveI exploring new media, discovering a new process, and being surprised with unexpected results! Mixed media lends itself to working with varied textures and layers, thus becoming a metaphor for the diversity and complexity of our lives and our environment. My connection to the world around us, the places I seek as touchstones and remind me of the glory of untouched spaces, is an underlying element of my work. Throughout my career as illustrator and studio art teacher, whether working with handmade papers, found objects, paint, copper, or marbled paper, my work strives for a harmonious richness to express the ever-changing nature of personal landscape.
CvStateCA
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