About Anna M. Lipka:

Anna is originally from the Caribbean. A lush tropical environment filled with a natural palette of bold vivid colors supplied by a plethora of exotic plants,such as hibiscus, bougainvillea and wild orchids. This palette is further enhanced by the colorful plumage of a variety of tropical birds that call the islands home.

This chromatic variety is emulated by the people of the islands in their culture, reaching peak brilliance in the costumes and dress up of the Carnival season. Against such scenery it is little wonder that art would become part of Anna's life and, that her art would be uniquely captured by Anna's art!
Thus her early works consisted of sketches, chalks and some watercolors with impressionist to neoimpressionist styles that recall Monet and Cezanne.

Over time as her art has evolved, so too has her artistic influences ,which include the Fauvist influence of Henri Matisse ( her favourite) whose bold use of bright color in natural depictions and still lifes, echoed her Caribbean influences and which continue to influence her art today.

After immigrating to the US in the late 1980's. Anna had been enrolled in college(then called Baltimore City Community College) where she coincidentally met the first son of Baltimore famous screen painter, Tom Lipka, and was introduced to Tom's own impressionistic styles and use of bright colors composed on a different type of "canvas", that being the metal wire mesh used in window screens. Anna was naturally attracted to this unique - to Baltimore art where she readily adapted Tom's techniques to her own artistic repertoire. Anna is now Tom's protégé and lead apprentice thus ensuring that this unique style of art which began in the early 20th century, will continue well into the 21st century.

And with Anna's own artistic heritage influencing her work and the Lipka name, Anna will be able to take this local art form in exciting new directions.

Master and Apprentice at Gala

Screenpainters and members from the Maryland Art Council

Anna now has classes at the Farm Museum in Westminster, Maryland on Call for Info

Please contact the museum for more info at: 410-386-3880.