Anna Strickland began her artistic career in more traditional media: painting, drawing and printmaking. Her exposure to photography at the Cranbrook Academy of Art followed by concentrated work at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY, enlarged her world of picture making. After completing her Master of Fine Arts degree at Tufts University / Museum School of Boston, she fully bridged the realm of printmaking and photography through a range of projects employing antique photographic processes, mixed media and installation.
After receiving her MFA, she was hired by the Photography Dept. of Rhode Island School of Design to teach Antique & Alternative Photographic Processes. It is at RISD where her teaching and art work flourished for over 30 years.
She began her love affair with Maine while in graduate school and during the nearly 20 years that she resided in New York City, she always found time to be in Maine especially in the summer. Living between the two worlds of NYC and Maine has been integral to her work in so many ways. She now lives in Maine fulltime with her husband with whom she shares a passion for photography. Her work is inspired by a voracious reading habit from poetry to the sciences. Since 2004 she has almost exclusively produced work revolving around humankind’s relationship with the natural world; including work on climate change issues and endangered species.
Contact: Anna@AnnaStrickland.com.
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