Biography
I have been painting and exhibiting my work in both public and private galleries for over twenty-five years. My work in watercolor on paper and acrylic on canvas is included in private, corporate and public collections in Canada, the U.S, Mexico and Europe.
My primary inspiration has always been the natural world. I moved to Saturna Island in the Southern Gulf Islands in British Columbia to paint the particular landscape of the eroded sandstone shoreline. In the course of this work I experimented with materials, scale and color to explore the concept and experience of a sense of place.
Drawn by the desire to use more color in my work, I began to paint the flowers from my garden. In this series, I continue to work in the style I developed for the stones, using many thin layers of paint to create the feeling of light emanating from with the subject itself.
“If my work has a purpose, it is simply to express my joy at the amazing beauty of our natural world and to share that experience with you.”
Please see the following CV for details of my exhibitions, awards and collections.
Biography
Born: Oakland, California
Education: 1968-1970 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, Calif.
Solo Exhibitions:
2016 "Shades of Saturna", Artlink Canada, Jaydon Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2009 “Beauty” Casa Dahlia Galeria, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
2008 “Tropical Flowers” Casa Dahlia Galeria, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
1996- "Why Don't You Just Leave?" paintings and video installation
1998 tour to 11 British Columbia regional galleries,
originating at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
1993 Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1991 Fran Willis North Park Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1990 Fran Willis North Park Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1986 Robert Vanderleelie Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1984 Grace Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Winchester Galleries, Victoria, British Columbia
1982 Kyle's Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1981 Kyle's Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia
1980 Kamloops Public Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2019 Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, Camano, Washington
2014 Insight Art Gallery, Galiano, B.C.
2012 The Field Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
2002 “European Media Arts Festival”, Osnabruck, Germany
1997 “Open House”, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
1994 "Spring Run", Baux-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1994-1996 Government House, Victoria, B.C.
1992 "Hanging Gardens", Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1990 "Bumbershoot Festival 1990", Seattle, Washington
1986 "Images B.C." The British Columbia Pavilion, Expo 86
Vancouver, British Columbia
1985 "Hot Water Colour", Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
"B.C. Women Artists"
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
1983 "National Watercolour Exhibition"
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1981 “Painter’s Day”, Kyle’s Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
Public Collections
British Columbia Art Collection, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Maltwood Art Museum, Victoria, British Columbia
City of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
Esso Resources Canada, Ltd., Calgary, Alberta
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Grants and Awards
1995 British Columbia Cultural Services Branch grant
1973 City of Vancouver Purchase Grant
Exhibition Reviews, Catalogues and Articles
"A Sense of Place", Aqua magazine, Salt Spring Island, B.C. (Summer 2014) illus.
“Why Don’t You Just Leave?”, Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (April, 1996) illus.
Cover, Preview Magazine, Vancouver, B.C., (May/June 1990)
Waterman, Jennifer A. “Planetary Visions, Sacred Images of the Earth” Herizons, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Volume 4 #8, December, 1986) p. 44, illus.
“B.C. Women Artists”,Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (October, 1985) illus.
Orford, Emily Jane, “Anne Popperwell’s Intimate Earth”, Victoria Times-Colonist, Victoria, B.C. (October 7, 1984) p. 8
Hartog, Diana, “Body Landscapes”, Monday Magazine, Victoria, B.C. (October 28, 1982)
Hartog, Diana, “Drunk with the Particular”, Monday Magazine, Victoria, B.C. (January 23, 1981) p. 16
“Anne Popperwell”, Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (October 1981) illus.