Ann Lawtey graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting and Printmaking. Throughout a varied career in business she continued her art studies at various well-regarded art institutes including Parsons New School for Design and Art Students League in New York City; Silvermine Guild Arts Center and Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Connecticut; and DeCordova Museum in Massachusetts. After becoming a full-time artist, Ann was awarded two residencies at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT.Ann draws her inspiration from a variety of subjects painting both from life and photographs, capturing people and places she sees and moments of special significance. Ann’s studio is in Chapel Hill, NC, and her paintings hang in many private collections.