Biography in Summary
ANITA HAMPTON
She began her painting career as a portrait and still life artist prior to painting plein air in 1994. Her landscapes have brought her numerous awards including the San Juan Capistrano Mission California Art Club Painting Festival and the Crystal Cove Plein Air Painting Exhibition sponsored by the Irvine Corporation; and both received within the same year. She was selected to participate in the Trinchera Ranch Project for the summer of 2006. The work from this project, sponsored by Forbes Corporation and American Artist Magazine, will be exhibited at the Forbes Gallery during March 2 through May 15, 2007 in New York.
Her original work is included
in many major collections and publications, including the Irvine Collection,
Guy Rose Plein Air Collection and the Hyatt Regency, Inc. Her paintings
have been displayed at the California State Capital and the American Embassy
in Madrid, Spain.
Hampton openly shares her painting experiences and knowledge of art by
teaching Landscape and portrait painting workshops here and abroad. She
currently teaches workshops at the prestigious Scottsdale Art School in
Arizona
Her written lessons are included in Oil Painting Step by Step, 2002
and The Art of Oil Painting 2003 published by Walter Foster Publications
in landscapes, still life and portraiture. Additional publications that
include paintings are in Joan Irvine Fine Art, Inc. newest publication:
A California Woman’s Story on the life of Joan Irvine Smith
and Crystal Cove Cottages: Islands in Time on the California Coast.
Hampton believes painting is an evolution of a life long study in order
to paint anything the eye can see in a manner that expresses a point in
time. She prefers to work from life with little or no photographic tools.
As such, she must work quickly and accurately. With this mastery of paint
coupled with her unfailing eye for natural composition she is able to
produce some of her most exquisite work.
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