About the Artist

Anne Duncan is a contemporary painter whose work investigates transformation, impermanence, and the tension between dissolution and renewal. Drawing on her background in psychology and music, her art explores the rhythms and structures of change in both form and emotion.

My creative practice centers on the layered process of painting, where gesture, texture, and surface reflect the dynamic balance between collapse and emergence. I am drawn to the spaces where forms fragment and reconstruct, inviting viewers to engage with moments of instability and transformation.

Music and psychology are guiding influences in my work. Music informs rhythm, repetition, and movement, while psychology shapes my interest in perception, memory, and emotional experience. These intersect in my paintings, giving structure to both conceptual ideas and visual expression.

Through layered mark-making, erosion, and accumulation, my pieces become meditations on impermanence. Each work reflects the delicate interplay of control and unpredictability, creating spaces for contemplation, resonance, and dialogue between the artwork and the viewer.

Education: B.F.A. Piano Performance; M.S. Psychology; Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Selected Exhibitions:

I work primarily in my studio in Amesbury MA.