Annette Margulies

Whether it is a separation from your loved ones, nature’s unforeseen wrath, or the constant changes surrounding us, our responses to these events affect us in the most unexpected ways. In experiencing these events—particularly in our attempts to influence and control them--one finds passion, dreams, joy, anger, disappointment and sorrow. Expressing these emotions on canvas is irresistible to me—it’s why I paint. As Georgia O’Keefe said: “I found I could say things with colors that I couldn’t say in any other way, things that I had no words for”. Music and Nature’s beauty also have a profound influence on my paintings. As I paint, memories and emotions are revealed, transformed into shapes, colors, marks and lines. Even though the result is an intense personal journey, the viewer is encouraged to react to, interpret, and experience what is on the canvas in his or her own way. I love the challenge, freedom and spontaneity of abstract painting--even as countless decisions are rapidly made about composition rules, colors and values. I feel very fortunate to be pursuing my passion as a professional artist after many years in the corporate world as a software engineer.

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Having painted practically my whole life, I am primarily self taught, with continuing education with various Master Classes throughout the US and Italy. I have been painting, exhibing and selling my paintings professionally since 2005

*Jan 2019 and 2018 Art Palm Beach at the Palm Beach Convention Center (represented by S. Neustadter Gallery)
*Mar 2018 Art Boca Raton (represented by S. Neustadter Gallery)
*Nov 2017 to present Boca Raton Museum Artists Guild Gallery
*Sept. 2017 Sylvia Wald & Kim Gallery; 128th Annual Exhibit National Association of Women Artists in New York City
Mar. 2017 NAWA at Armory Annex in Lake Worth, FL – “Down the Rabbit Hole”
Feb. 2017 Artserve in Fort Lauderdale,FL – ‘Art Bravo’
Dec. 2016, 2017 Rossetti Gallery in Wilton Manor, FL – “Basel Broward”
Dec. 2016 NAWA at Armory in West Palm Beach “Crossing Boundaries”
Nov. 2016 NAWA at Marco Island Art Center “Blazing New Ttrails”
Nov. 2016 WITVA at Armory in West Palm Beach “Artful SpiritsI’
Oct 2016 Guild Center for the Arts Juried Exhibit, Shrewsbury, NJ
Dec 2015 National Assoc of Women Artists at Coral Springs Art Center “Invoking The Muse”
Nov. 2015 WITVA at Armory in West Palm Beach “Artistic Visions III’
Oct. 2015 Guild Center for the Arts Juried Exhibit, Shrewsbury, NJ
May2014-Aug2015 Linda White Gallery, Delray Beach, FL
Jan & March 2015 Florida Atlantic University Living Room Theaters, Boca Raton, FL
Oct. 2014 Guild Center for t...