Pink Coral Painting

Born in Rio de Janeiro to a Polish Jewish and Lebanese family, Anna left Brazil when she was 16 years old to work in Milan, Munich, Tokyo, Miami, NYC, and Los Angeles. A self-taught artist with an unusual professional trajectory, Anna attributes her aesthetic sense to her multi-cultural family background and constant travels. Anna discovered her passion for painting as a teenager. Throughout her years as a model, college and graduate school student, and management consultant for Fortune 500 companies, she resorted to painting as a medium of self-expression and a source of balance. “Art making is my meditation. I don’t start a piece with a clear vision of how it is supposed to become. Instead, as I work through my feelings in response to political injustices, personal reflections, or aesthetic appreciations, the artwork evolves until I find peace and feels complete. This process can take a few minutes or multiple years... My inspiration is to make art with colors and textures reminiscent of the beauty I’ve found in nature and in the places I have visited.” - Anna Syrkis