I am very pleased to recommend Ms. Rea as a practicing artist. She is an extraordinary candidate as she exemplifies a rare combination of very special qualities. Ann Rea has an engaging personal manner of working and relating to varying and challenging circumstances. She has a well-developed confidence and personal inner resources allowing her to use critical confrontation for positive results.
Ann Rea is intelligent and sensitive with a deep capacity for serious and sustained work. She is keen to share this talent I urge you to take her application seriously, and I highly recommend her as someone who can make significant contributions to the community through her art.
Sincerely,
Wayne Thiebaud
How do Ann Rea's paintings make you feel?
"I feel as though I've taken a moment to step into the memory of a perfect day in my life." Peter Motzenbecker (Collector)
"Peaceful and present yet quietly detached."
Amy Christopherson-Bolten (Collector)
"I can't even describe how lovely it is to have your work in my home. It brightens up the whole place and adds a bit of cheer that I didn't even know I was missing. Incredible."
John Muldoon V (Collector)
"Your paintings soothe me, and put me in a virtual sensory mode of smelling the earth, breathing the clean vineyard air and experiencing the silent beauty of the growing grapes."
Meridith May (Editor in Chief, The Tasting Panel magazine)
"I'm not sure if what I feel about the painting can be described in just one sentence; and yet I do love waking up and seeing it every morning. Thank you."
Krissie Thornhill (Collector)
"Ann Rea's works evoke the ...the duality of vibrancy and serenity of life in Wine Country." Brian John Nicholson (General Manager)
"I have a sense of calm deep within, floating peacefully toward the rich colors of nature in the landscape beyond."
Carolyn Brocksmith (Collector)
"Happy and serene."
Steve Roth (Collector)r
"Energized and positive."
Jamie Spooner (Collector)
"Holy smoke. I can't believe how beautiful the real thing is. I just love it love it love it."
Tom Blue (CEO of Accelerated Growth Partners)
"Painting with Ann was a truly inspiring experience."
Jim Brockman (CFO, Thomas Keller Restaurant Group)
"Ann Rea is a joy to work with, visionary, professional, thorough and warm-hearted."
Ken Starks (Director, Team Investments. Inc.)
"Her work immediately caught fire, leading to private commissions and large-scale commercial work."
Jonathan Fields (author of Career Renegade)
"My clients, and their friends, consistently have a strong emotional attraction to her work."
Andrew Hightower (Owner of Foxwood Wine Cellars)
"The prints arrived in perfect condition and my client is very pleased. I'll be in contact, until then, enjoy the new year!"
Connie Snyder (ASID Allied Member, C. Snyder Interiors)
"All that you do is to provide beautiful paintings which bring happiness and calm into the world."
Margaret Merrill (author of Live the Life you Love)
"Ann has talent oozing out onto the canvas as she captures the soul of our vineyards in dazzling colors. Well worth a look."
Michael Martini (Master Winemaker, Louis M Martini Winery)
"We are very excited and overwhelmed at seeing the originals. We will be more than happy to recommend your paintings to friends of ours."
Carrie and Royce Ower (Collectors)
"Ann, I know how you see the colors you paint. You simply relax and let yourself see them."
Bob Proctor (host of the movie The Secret, the Law of Attraction)
"Ann's paintings are like having a front row seat to nature's fireworks show...full of surprise and color."
Bruce Johnston (Collector)
"Being able to stand in the very spot that Ann did while she painted gives me a real sense of what inspired her."
Bill Metzger (Collector)
"Blessed with speaking the language of color, your art connects through a subconscious dialogue that brings joy to the soul."
Mary Ellen Lapp (Art Consultant and Author of The Color of Success)
"I am very impressed with the growth of your work. It is BEAUTIFUL!"
Lori Dodge (Art Consultant)
"I love your work! You are incredibly talented."
Peggy McColl (New York Times bestselling author of Your Destiny Switch)
"If there's something you really want to do, do it now."
Ann Rea (Fortune Magazine, May 2007)
"Ann seems to have the ability to capture and project a deep peacefulness with her oils."
Carolyn Brocksmith (Real Estate Attorney, Collector)
"Working with Ann means that you not only get to enjoy her superlative talents as a painter and artist but you will get the benefit of her insight and generosity of spirit as well."
Julie Brosterman (owner of Wine Valet, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills)
"Your work is excellent, it seems to have matured and gotten even better the last couple of years."
Lee Phillips (Owner, Phillips Design)
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