Ansley Pye

I am a native San Diegan, but spent the first part of my adult life traveling throughout Europe and the Middle East. After attending La Sorbonne, I returned to San Diego. It was there where my life took a distinguishing turn. I was diagnosed with MS at the age of 29. Upon the realization that my life was never to be the same, I began my journey as a professional artist. The process of creating art has been one of my strongest healers. I started out as a watercolorist and gradually was drawn towards working in oil. The first part of my career as a professional artist was focused on the shapes and colors in the natural world around me, and the subject matter reflecting my personal struggle with MS. I chose to paint leaves and fruit in a sensual way but always with the marks of time and damage. It was the uniqueness of the blemishes in which I saw the beauty. I transitioned to figurative work and incorporated both my botanical as well as the random marks of lines and splatters representing the patterns and marks left behind on each of us from our own life events. As I moved towards abstraction, I continued with the theme of random lines, patterns, and layers of color, always with the emphasis on depicting the perfectly imperfect.

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SDSU San Diego 1979-1980 Major – Linguistics
La Sorbonne, Paris France 1980-1982 Major – Linguistics, Minor in Archeology, emphasis in Theology.

I am a self-taught artist my exploration began in the late 80’s more as a way of healing, but I learned that I had a voice and worked to build the skills to express what I saw. I continued to learn taking workshops with Douglas Walton and, painting with other artists such as Carol Light and Sean Sullivan as well as learning by doing. I started off as a watercolorist and expanded into working with oils in the late 90’s.

Leigh Fine Art. RSF Ca. (Referral Representation only)
2020-present The Blue Azul Collection San Diego, Ca. Online via 1stdibs (Abstract Landscape only)
2016 – present Avaulte.com represented and founding partner
2017 - present. Saatchi, Online representation of selected works

2015 – 2018 The Blue Azul Collection, San Diego, CA Gallery Representation

2014 – 2017 SCAA Fine Arts – Rancho Santa Fe, CA

2010 – 2015 Pulse Gallery, San Diego, California

1990 –present AX Fine Art – La Jolla, CA and Ansley Pye/Artist - La Jolla and San Diego, Ca.

2009 – 2011 El Prado Gallery Sedona, AZ

2008 – 2010 Dean Day Gallery Huston, Texas

2004 – 2008 Spirit Gallery Jerome, AZ

2001-2003 Debra Owen Gallery – San Diego, California

2001-2004 Dos Damas Gallery - Palm Springs, California

2000-2009 Timmons Gallery Rancho Santa Fe, California

2000-2010 San Diego Museum of Art Guild

2000-2002 Starving Artist Studio Gallery – City Island, New York

1994-1998. Tidwell Gallery – South Padre Island, Texas

1998 - 1999 Keene Gallery San Antonio, Texas

1993-1999 Enigma Studio, Austin, Texas


1989 - 2000 Brushworks Gallery San Diego, Ca.

1989 - 1994 Bravo Gallery - San Diego, CA

1994 –...