AJ Stein-Artist

"Painting from life is the most rewarding process. Landscapes, seascapes, small European villages, misty Andean mountains, Nature's wonders in Africa, the subject is never at a complete repose. The sky is always changing, clouds are moving, a breeze is blowing a shadow is cast, then moves with the sun. For these reasons I find painting from life essential and find myself more and more compelled to be outside with the elements to experience a full valued artistic experience." Ann Jocelyn Stein

Pacific Northwest artist, Ann Jocelyn Stein, studied privately with renowned artist Arnold Stahmer of the Chicago Art Institute. Her studies in art continued at Cornish College of the Arts, Bellevue College and the Institute de Arte in San Miguel Allende, Mexico. Ms. Stein studied technical drawing and worked as an industrial designer for many years.

As an art teacher, Ann gives watecolor and drawing workshops in Arizona where she resides during the winter months, and art classes for the City of Redmond Parks Department. she has worked as an " Artist on Board", for a European Cruise Ship, where she has taught watercolor and drawing classes,while traveling across the Atlantiic to Portugal, Casa Blanca, Mallorca and Italy. As an illustrator she is currently collaborating with a new writer of children's books.

Ann has shown her art throughout the Pacific Northwest, in Soho, New York and currently is represented in Chelsea, New York, at Amsterdam Whitney Gallery. Her painting has taken her to Europe, South America, Africa and throughout the United Staes.