Artist: Ann Judge Forget

Ann Judge Forget is a Cape Cod based artist whose business name is Ann Judge Design. Ann’s pieces have a bright, whimsical, abstract feeling expressing color, shape, form and movement. Ann finds inspiration from the natural beauty of landscapes, beachscapes and skyscapes. She looks for shapes and forms in nature. Sometimes, it is a sandy, hilly beach or the sand ripples and formations that are left behind when the tide goes out. Other times, it is the rolling hills or a sky with textured clouds and the ever changing natural and organic elements that add dimension to her work.
Ann likes to incorporate subtle surprises between forms, adding squiggly lines in opposing colors to bring allure to the piece. She is trying to extract the essence of the image between organic shapes and the negative space.
“Sometimes you need to let the painting talk to you, it will tell you what it needs. This doesn’t happen right away but it is part of the process.” Ann
Ann usually works with acrylics but lately has added the element of oil pastel to enhance the color. Most recently, Ann has gone back to earlier themes such as the female body. A woman’s body has been a motivation for artists since the beginning of time. It is the curves, creases and softness of these forms that enliven Ann’s latest paintings. She likes to call these bodyscapes. Her study of art history motivates her to constantly be thinking of and designing her next piece. Ann’s favorite artist’s range from van Gogh, Matisse, O’Keeffe, Thiebauld to Hockney.

Ann shows her work at Love, Live, Local events, The Artist Cottages in Orleans, Cape Cod Museum Of Art and PAAM in Provincetown.

Ann Is celebrating her 11th year at Sturgis , where she teaches grade 9, 10 and the IB HL and Sle students.

www.annjudgedesign.com