Ann Rea

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• Artist, CEO at Ann Rea, Inc.

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Industry

Fine Art

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My RSS feed

Ann Rea’s Summary

Blending old and new world traditions, San Francisco based artist Ann Rea paints colors inspired by sunlight. With the direct mentorship she received from contemporary painter Wayne Thiebaud (an American Art icon), she paints in the timeless tradition of French Impressionists like Monet, plein air (in the open air).

Ann creates field studies in the natural landscape. Winemakers give her a tour of the vineyard where she places her easel to capture the unique beauty of the vines in oils. She returns to her Pacific beach studio to create larger renditions on custom canvases, each original a unique exploration.

Ann’s subject is color inspired by natural light, as it exists in time. The objects of her attention include vineyards, private gardens, and contemporary still life. Her mediums include oil on canvas, pastel, and charcoal on fine Arches French watercolor paper. Ann even uses the same oil pigments as Van Gough from Old Holland Oil Works established in 1664.

Ann’s work is gaining increasingly collectible status. Her work and inspiring story continue to be featured in the national media, most recently on Fine Living and NBC’s In Wine Country, “The Tasting Panel”, “Practical Winery and Vineyard Management”, and “Fortune” magazines. Read about her blue ocean business strategy in “Career Renegade” by Jonathan Fields, published by Random House. Her talent is commended by Wayne Thiebaud (an American Art icon). Her work is acquired by a growing list of collectors and celebrities across the US, Canada, and Europe. Her book “‘Colors of Terroir’ an artist’s tour of Sonoma” will be published soon and available on annrea.com.

Ann Rea’s Specialties:

marketing strategy, understanding and respect for the design process, custom commissioned paintings, creating win-win agreements, creative problem solving, the language of color and light, creating systems, working with first time art buyers

Ann Rea’s Experience

• Artist, CEO

  Ann Rea, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Arts and Crafts industry)

  January 2005 — Present (5 years )

  Ann Rea is a business savvy San Francisco-based artist known for her colors inspired by natural light.
  
  As CEO of Ann Rea, Inc., Ann Rea is a self-representing artist.
  
  Ann's work is increasingly collectible and acquired by a growing list of collectors and celebrities across northern America and Europe.
  
  Her talent is commended by Wayne Thiebaud, an American Art icon, and it continues to receive national media attention, most recently on "Fine Living" and in "The Wine Enthusiast" and "Fortune" magazines.
  
  Ann Rea, Inc. offers profitable programs for the wine and interior design trade and select fine retailers.
  
  Private collectors can acquire fine art prints, existing originals, and accessories on annrea.com or commission Ann to create a custom canvas scaled to suit their space.
  
  The first of a series of books "'Colors of Terroir', an artist's tour of Sonoma", a collection of Ann's Sonoma vineyard paintings, will be published next year.
  
  Ann Rea also is the founder of ArtistsWhoTHRIVE.com and as a marketing strategist she coaches and consults with artists across the globe one day a week.
  
  "Take home a piece of the Wine Country", visit annrea.com.

Additional Information

Ann Rea’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My RSS feed

Ann Rea’s Interests:

yoga, salsa dancing, cooking, eating other people's cooking, running, looking out my window at the ocean

Ann Rea’s Groups:

NAWBO-National Association of Women Business Owners
ASID-American Society of Interior Designers Industry Partner
HIA-Hospitality Industry Association
Luxury Marketing Council-San Francisco Chapter
NAWBO-National Association of Women Business Owners- San Francisco Chapter
Women and WineSense Sonoman/Napa Chapter

•    Women 2.0
•    Winefellow
•    Luxury & Lifestyle Professionals
•    Wines & Spirits (Number 1 W&S group on Linked)
•    Fine Wine drinkers
•    Wine Business Network
•    Luxury Addict Group
•    professional Fine Art network
•    Wine2.0
•    Women for Wine Sense
•    A S I D
•    Wine Industry Insiders
•    Wealth Without A Job
•    Cleveland Institute of Art - Alumni, Students & Faculty
•    Wine Connections
•    Online Marketing for Women Entrepreneurs
•    Wine Business Intelligence
•    Luxury architecture
•    NAWBO-SF Bay Area
•    Napa Valley Building Design & Construction Consortium
•    HIA: Hospitality Industry Association
•    The Acme Chapter of Business Networking International
•    Vintage Wines
•    The Luxury Marketing Council of San Francisco
•    Women for WineSense Napa-Sonoma Marketing Roundtable
•    Chic De' Vigne Wine Social Club
•    American Wine Community
•    ArtistsWhoTHRIVE

Ann Rea’s Honors:

My artistic talent is commended by American art icon, Wayne Thiebaud, my story and my work has been featured on “Fine Living”, and in “The Wine Enthusiast” and in “Fortune” magazines.

Ann Rea, Inc. is featured in the book Career Renegade, by Jonathan Fields, published by Random House.

Ann Rea’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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