Anne McGrory

New Hampshire artist Anne McGrory received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in Illustration. With a life long love of nature and the outdoors, her paintings in pastel and oil focus on still life, birds, collected natural objects such as butterflies, feathers, and flowers from her gardens as well as New England landscapes.

She is a Master Pastelist member of The Pastel Society of America, a juried artist member of the Salmagundi Club, the Society of Animal Artists and the International Guild of Realism. Her work has been included in national and international exhibits including multiple exhibits at The Butler Institute of Contemporary Art, The Pastel Society of America’s annual exhibit at The National Arts Club, Art Renewal Center’s Annual ARC Salon, and both Blossom -Art of Flowers I & II, an international competition followed by a two-year national museum exhibit and tour.

Her awards have included, second place for landscape in Art Renewal’s 10^th annual ARC Salon and first place for still life in The Pastel Journal’s 12^th Annual Pastel 100 Competition. McGrory’s work has also been featured in many publications including her painting “Tree Peonies & Brass” which was chosen for the cover of the pastel book “Pure Pastel”, published in

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