Artist Statement
Through my work, I explore the thoughts and mindset of the maternal nesting. A nest is a place of safety as a mother bird brings her young into the world. Before flight comes a time of security. Protection is entwined in her thoughts. Shelter represents this time and place of care, before, during and after birth.
Anne Cavanagh
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Biography
Anne Cavanagh studied visual art in the United States, France, and England. At the post-secondary level, she obtained a Bachelor of Art with a concentration in Pre-Medical Illustration (2004).

Cavanagh has participated in a large selection of exhibits, including Women Painting Women (R)Evolution in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Not a Drop to Drink: Water Politics and Scarcity in the 21st Century at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, Peripheral Visions at Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, Ontario, and Drawing 2018: An Annual Juried Exhibit Showcasing Drawings by Contemporary Canadian Artists at the John B. Aird Gallery in Toronto, Ontario.

Past awards and grants include a Drawing Master Class scholarship, New York Academy of Art, publication in Strokes of Genius 7: The Best of Drawing (North Light Books), the Ontario Arts Council Artist in Education Grant and the Prismacolour Illustration Award.