Anne Hanley is a professional Batik artist and painter from Wheaton, Illinois. Working from her home studio, Anne has mastered the art of Batik in her own way. Her colorful blend of watercolors and hot wax on a ricepaper surface is a unique alteration of the centuries old art form. Anne has been displaying and selling her work for several years in juried art fairs and exhibitions throughout Chicago and the Chicagoland area.
Anne holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Illinois State University, majoring in Art and design. She began her career as an Art Director in multi-image and video production for Educational Training and National Sales Conventions. After a few years, Anne retired from art direction to stay home and raise her three daughters. She decided to return to painting and began to study at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Textile Art Center and the Evanston Art Center. Anne decided to study privately with a few select oil painters but the art of Batik became her main focus and she took several classes in fiber arts exploring the method of resist painting.
Anne was raised in a family of musicians where education in the classics and the discipline of practicing was the basis for improving her skills.
"Art is the discipline of practicing those fundamentals and the desire to explore and invent something new which becomes the creation of art. All art is forever moving forward as you progress so does your work. The fundamentals of color, line, form and composition and their relationships are the key ingredients in producing art."
Her passion for community has led her to several public art projects. Her first project, in 2004, for Children's Assistance Foundation (ECAF) in Elmhurst, Illinois, was followed by the completion of three different projects in 2006 for United Way of Naperville, Illinois, and most recently a project for HCS Family Services of Oakbrook Illinois is to be displayed, May - September of 2011.
Recently, Anne was commissioned by Edward Hospital for eight works of art for their newly constructed Plainfield Cancer Center in Plainfield, Illinois. Four other original pieces were purchased by Edward Hospital's Cancer Center, in Naperville, Illinois.
Juried and Selected Awards
- 2012 - 2012 NICHE Award Winner, Mixed Media, www.nicheawards.com
- 2011 - Award of Outstanding Achievement, Promenade of Art, Amdur Productions, Arlington Heights, IL
- 2011 - Honorable Mention, Hinsdale Art Festival, Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce, Hinsdale, IL
- 2011 - Award of Oustanding Achievement in Painting, Barrington Art Festival, Amdur Productions, Barrington, Illinois
- 2010 - Best Area Artist, Riverwalk Fine Art Fair, Naperville, Illinois
- 2009 - Award of Merit, Riverwalk Fine Art Fair, Naperville, Illinois
- 2009 - Award of Excellence, Naperville Women's Club 50th Annual Summer Art Fair, Naper Settlement Naperville, Illinois
- 2008 - Second Place, Painting Category, Hinsdale Fine Art Fair, Hinsdale ,Illinois
- 2007 - Honorable Mention, Naperville Women's Club Show, Naper Settlement, Naperville, Illinois
- 2004 - Artists' Award CompArt Show, Chesterton Art League, Chesterton, Indiana
- 2004 - Honorable Mention, Naperville Women's Club, Naper Settlement, Naperville, Illinois
- 2002 - Honorable Mention, Elmhurst Art Guild Members Show, Elmhurst, Illinois
- 2002 - Second Place, Four Corners Art Gallery, Naperville Illinois
- 2002 - Merit Award DuPage Art League, Wheaton, Illinois
- 2001 - Best Of Show, Danada Fall Festival Show, Wheaton, Illinois
- 2000 - Honorable Mention Award, Danada Fall Festival Show, Wheaton, Illinois
- 2000 - Third Place 49th Annual Chesterton Women's Club Show Chesterton, Indiana
- 1999 - Best Of Show, 48th Annual Chesterton Women's Club Show, Chesterton, Indiana
- 1999 - First Place, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
- 1998 - Merit Award, DuPage Art League, Wheaton, Illinois
- 1997 - Honorable Mention Award, Danada Fall Festival, Wheaton, Illinois
- 1997 - First Place Grand Opening, Elmhurst Art Museum, Guild Members Show, Elmhurst, Illinois
- 1997 - Best of Show, Dupage Art League, Wheaton, Illinois
- 1996 - Best of Show, Dupage Art League, Wheaton, Illinois