Annie Franklin has worked as a professional artist since completing her study in fine art (printmaking) in 1986.
During this time Annie has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally and her work is held in numerous public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia and the Australian Embassy in Paris.
In the early 1990’s Annie spent 4 years living and working with Tiwi artists at the Munupi Art Centre on Melville Island. “The delight in storytelling, connection with the land, observing daily rhythms that are punctuated by the changes in nature, the celebration of food; these elements had a resounding influence on my life and on my work; they continue to be the focus of my art practice today”.
Annie has been described as “an obsessive printmaker, a miniaturist who thrives on precise detail observed with the ‘innocent eye’ of a naïf painter…”
“Annie Franklin has been an environmentally motivated artist for most of the past 30 years. Over the years she has developed a miniaturist technique … and holistic approach. As an ecological warrior, Franklin is a gentle lyricist who consciously sets out to hook the viewer into the work through its poetic beauty and then with power and defiance she asserts a sobering reality check.”
(Sasha Grishen, The Canberra Times, December 2019)