Annette RawlingsAnnette Rawlings was born into a deeply dysfunctional southern family and abandoned by her mother at birth. She more or less raised herself, suffered through a kidnapping at age twelve and underwent numerous additional isolating experiences. Nonethelss, she became a self-reliant artist who survived untouched and intact rather than victimized. Rawlings, a product of the 1960s, came to associate with many of the actors, rock stars, writers, and innovators who changed the course of American culture. Think David Crosby, Patti Smith, Tennessee Williams, and Timothy Leary, just to name a few. Her experiences with these and other prominent individuals resulted in what Rawlings calls "a creative wave" that was greatly influenced by the colors and cultural atmosphere of Miami, where she briefly settled as a young adult. Annette chronicles how her art reflects such experiences as spending a year in the jungles of Central America as well as living for a year at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. From her use of color to her significant academic studies to her conscious decision to live, as she says, "in the brightness, " Her dramatic life and her calm demeanor has created bold paintings that are harmonious and create a sense of calm but with a strong presence. Annette Rawlings' remarkable experiences reveal how her life created her art and ultimately how her art created her life. A well-known artist whose paintings have been displayed in such places as the Miami Art Museum, Art Basel, Virginia Miller galleries and the Louvre in Paris. Read More Read Less