From her early childhood, Dallas painter, printmaker and teacher - Anne Cushing Gantz - knew that she wanted to be an artist. She pursued her love of art through her school years, spending her Saturdays attending the prestigious Memphis Academy of Art in Memphis, Tennessee, where she began to refine her skill and technique and develop her own unique style. Inspired by the color and culture of New Orleans, Louisiana, she was accepted to and graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana with a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in painting and printmaking. Her work was further inspired by her association with artists such as Hans Hoffman and Jackson Pollock.

Only six months after graduation during her...