About

nne has always loved pattern and texture, and her work is an exploration of these. She has studied botany, zoology and fine arts, but it is her love of all things hand made that has led to the creation of her exquisite mixed media artworks. Each picture is painstakingly hand cut and assembled in fabric and paper, and the story behind each work is carefully researched and retold.

Her first collection, Private Life of an Ornithologist, drew on her interest in New Zealand’s unique avifauna and her concerns for its future. Her second collection, Fauna with Flora, was an expansion of that work. Her last collection, Inventions and Extinctions, questioned what holds the higher value for us, manmade ephemera or our irreplaceable species.

Anne first started making her unique art on Waiheke Island, where in 2012 her garden won the annual island garden award. She moved to the countryside outside Katikati in the Western Bay of Plenty in 2016 with her architect husband Geoffrey Richards, and is currently making new art and a new garden.

Get in touch with Anne:

info@annebailey.co.nz