A graduate of Towson University with a degree in Visual Communications and Graphic Design, Anne Manley has spent the last twelve years pursuing a career as a fine artist. Getting her early start in photography and graphic design, Ms. Manley's emergence as a strong and thoughtful painter has recently earned her much notice and acclaim in the Baltimore/Washington area. Since 2005, Ms. Manley has had a number of very successful shows including group shows at Gallery PlanB (Washington, DC) and Agora Gallery (Chelsea, New York, NY). She has had one woman shows at the Colonnade (Baltimore, MD) and Grand Cru (Baltimore, MD). The success of these shows led Ms. Manley, in the fall of 2005, to make the decision to paint full time, a move she had desired to make for the last several years. This decision has been rewarded by multiple requests for commission pieces by new patrons, and has allowed her to work on increasing her overall body of work for upcoming shows. In February of this year she was selected as one of the featured artists whose work was displayed on MTV's The Real World, Washington, DC.

Her technical knowledge of painting has allowed Ms. Manley to graduate from more literal work to her signature contemporary landscapes, which have been most recently likened to the works of Rothko and Turner. Her work ranges from serene to stormy, and from bright to brooding. The emotion captured by Ms. Manley on the canvas, and her interest in the emotion it creates in those who view it, make her a truly engaging painter and person.