Anne Smerdon is an Australian artist documenting the symbiotic relationship between humans and animals, particularly birds and horses. Facebeak are her pet birds, Vonnegut and Schiele. Anne uses live birds as her references, both wild and domesticated. She may spend hours with each bird, patiently waiting for them to become at ease in her presence so that she can capture their true personality.
Anne lives on the Gold Coast, Australia. She works in watercolour and oil paint and has exhibited both nationally and internationally, receiving various awards for her work, including the 2013 Element Eden Global Artist Search (fine art category), 2013 Trinity College Emerging Artist Award and more recently, the 2021 d’Arcy Doyle Still Life award. She has also been a 6x finalist in the Border Art Prize.
Anne also runs the Artory art school in Kingscliff and online, teaching kids and adults.
You can view Anne's work at www.annesmerdon.com | 
Anne Smerdon in Australian Watercolour Muster