Meet 2023 Spring Obsession Artist Sally Anne Fischer

 

Sally Anne Fischer B. 1981

O-084 Its Cold in the Shade by Sally Anne Fischer -oil 20x30 $1500

Sally Anne Fischer is a plein air artist whose ties to the Sierra Nevada foothills spans six generations. From her great great aunt Lottie, who mothered lonely cowboys in Kennedy Meadows, to her Portuguese watercolorist grandmother, Sally Anne Fischer’s deep roots in the landscape she paints continues to inspire her art.

 

O-085 Kennedy Meadows by Sally Anne Fischer-oil 24x36 $1500

Sally Anne was the president of her high school Art Club and went on to study watercolor with Dan Peterson at Yosemite College, then oil painting at CSU Fresno. During her third year, she changed majors completing a degree in equine science following her love of horses and a dream of becoming a horse trainer. After university, she worked for cutting horse trainers, taught equine sciences at Cal Poly San Luis Obisbo then settled in a career as a livestock feed formulator. After having her daughter, she turned to full-time painting, eventually opening a studio in downtown Sonora, though she credits most of her artistic development to plein air workshops, and individual instruction with painters Frank Serrano, Jim McVicker, Kathleen Dunphy Suzie Baker, and Charles Waldman.

 

O-086 Sonora Sundown by Sally Anne Fischer-oil 20x27 $950

Her current work reflects daily experiences. Still-lifes include objects of personal significance or flowers she's grown in her garden, and landscapes with historic meaning or childhood memories. As she resides in her hometown, with her husband and her daughter, she has inspiration and local knowledge of the sprawling terrain that makes up the Sierra Nevada mountains.

 

O-087 Mt. Morrison Easter Sierras by Sally Anne Fischer-oil 14x22 $975

Sally Anne values high quality, handmade or antique frames, which she refurbishes in her downtown studio. While she primarily works with oils en plein air, she also uses the sun room of her 1940s home to paint every morning.

 

T-021 Still life with Flowers and Fruits by Sally Anne Fischer oil 10x13 $595

T-020 Daffodils and Dry Hydrangeas by Sally Anne Fischer oil 9x12 $595