Ann Marie lives and paints from her home at Muckruss, in Ardfield, near the beautiul town of Clonakilty on the delightful coastline of West Cork. Her studio is based at home looking out over the busy family farm which is managed by her husband John. This lovely unconventional studio leads to a very relaxed and fresh form of creativity, Ann Marie likes to work with ink, acrylic and watercolours, however she has also created some very interesting oils paintings and is happy to work with any medium. Having graduated from Limerick University with an Honors Degree in Equine Science in 2008, Ann Marie decided to pursue her other lifelong ambition of becoming an artist, and embarked on a two year study programme at the College of Further Education in Kinsale, County Cork , graduating with distinctions and a Fetac Level 6 Award in 2010.