Anne Whirledge-Karp lives in the Pacific Northwest and her love of nature and sunlight are reflected in her work. She holds a BA in Art from UCLA and a MS in Education from Mt. Saint Marys College. She taught art briefly at the middle school and high school levels and she also worked as a wall graphic artist. After many years of teaching at the primary school level she has recently returned fulltime to her artwork focusing on the medium of watercolor.