Along with her career as an actuary and business consultant, Anna Rappaport is also an accomplished artist. For more information, please email Anna directly.

Artist's Statement - Anna Rappaport I work to express feelings and capture the essence of the world around me through color and line.   I focus on combining color with texture and movement.  I work on paper using mixed media, collage, watercolor, pastels, and ink drawings.   I like to select themes from the real world and use as a basis for series expressing feelings about those themes.   Abstraction is used in all of these series.  Here are examples from  four series in development.   The major series are 22" by 30" abstract mixed media works on paper.  Movement is very important in these paintings.  Watercolor serves as a background and major media in these works.   They include ink and color line, pastel, collage and rubber stamps.  The second series builds from the night sky on a night with beautiful clouds and the full moon.   It was inspired by a beautiful moonlight night in March in Florida and a love for interesting night skies. The third series builds from images and figures in parades.  There are two different parades underlying these paintings.  One is based on an imaginative animals parade and the other on a parade featuring large puppets.   Both of these are parades were presented at Walt Disney World in Florida. The fourth series builds on the feelings in watching birds and moving around oaks covered by Spanish moss, cypress trees, and Florida swamp areas.  The trees, birds, sky, ferns, moss, and surrounding water combine to create an inspiring atmosphere.  Some of this series focuses on a marvelous Banyan tree. Anna Rappaport has painted for many years while pursuing a busy career as an Actuary.  For many years, she has shared her artwork with others on her Christmas cards and in her office and home.  She previously exhibited at Inside Art in Chicago and at Gypsy's Cove.   After her retirement from consulting, she is now focusing much more on her art.	Abstract Collages 22" by 30" -- mixed media
Moon series 11" by 14" - water color, ink and pastel
Parades 11" x 14" - water color, ink and pastel
Over the trees Florida landscapes - various sizes water color, ink and pastel