Anne Torry-Ballou
Cape Cod Painter
Artist Statement of Methodology
“My work is influenced by the early impressionist’s love of light and color and capturing a moment. I work primarily with acrylic paint, and try to create moments of visual perception and emotion on canvas as experienced in nature. I use photographs to document place holders and to stimulate the memory of the scene. A chiaroscuro sketch is made on the canvas using burnt and raw sienna and burnt and raw umber. Then I attempt to infuse the work with the light and color by multiple applications of paint, often first with anticipation, followed by frustration and finally, a moment of fulfillment.”
Résumé
Anne Torry-Ballou
P.O. Box 997, West Falmouth, MA 02574
Email: anne.t.ballou@gmail.com; Cell Phone: 203-556-8579
Website: annetorryballou.com
Anne Torry-Ballou is a painter of impressionist works in acrylic paint. Her technique includes photographing the subject, sketching the work on the surface in paint, and developing the completed painting in the studio through layering of colors. Subjects are landscapes, seascapes, and florals. Anne’s paintings are sold at The Gallery on Main in Falmouth, MA, by referral, at her studio, and in juried shows. Commissioned work can be requested.
Artist’s Statement
When immersing myself in nature I experience soothing sensations, restoration and mental clarity. This is what I try to express in my paintings. I hope in some small way to elicit these same feelings from someone viewing my work.
Selected Exhibits
2023 Featured Artist, Gallery on Main, Falmouth, MA
Summer Juried Exhibition, Falmouth Art Center, Falmouth, MA
Selected Works, Gallery on Main, Falmouth, MA
2021-2022 Flowers, Nature’s Beacons of Hope, Gallery on Main, Falmouth, MA
Blur, Falmouth Art Center, Falmouth, MA
Featured Artist, Gallery on Main, Falmouth, MA
2020 “Hope”, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit MA
Curator & Participating Artist – 60/60 – Over Sixty Pieces of Art by Women Over Sixty,
Highfield Hall & Gardens, Falmouth, MA
Piece by Piece 2020, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2019 Featured Artist, The Gallery on Main, Falmouth, MA
“Transitions”, Falmouth Art Center, Falmouth, MA
Featured Artist, The Gallery on Main, Falmouth, MA
2018 “Red”, Chapman Art Gallery, Cotuit, MA
“Bloom”, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
Featured Artist, Gallery on Main, Falmouth, MA
Seasonal Palette, Falmouth Art Center, MA
2016-2017 One Woman Show, Maser Gallery, FCTV, Falmouth, MA
Art Because…Three Women, The Artful Way Gallery, Cataumet, MA
Small Works, Sigel Gallery, Falmouth Art Center, Falmouth, MA
1995 – 2019 Members’ Shows, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
Juried Summer Show, Falmouth Arts Guild, Falmouth, MA
Pequot Library Arts Shows, Southport, CT
APW Gallery, World of Imagination Vol.2 Show, Long Island City, New York
The Nature Discovery Center Shows, Westport, CT
Annual Burr Homestead Art Shows, Fairfield, CT
Solo Show – New Landscape Paintings by the Artist – Tazza Cafe, Fairfield, CT
Westport Art Center Annual Members’ Open Shows, Westport, CT The 67th Annual Connecticut Women Artists Open Juried Show, New Haven, CT
Additional
Awards 1996 Award of Excellence, Manhattan Arts International
1997 Award of Merit, Manhattan Arts International
Education Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT – Bachelor of Arts
Silvermine School of Art – Classes & Workshops
Memberships Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA; The Gallery on Main; & Falmouth Art Center, Falmouth, MA