Studio Letters: Queens Rising
Each month, Studio Letters brings you a signed 5 × 7 fine-art print and a personal letter from my studio, something beautiful and real to hold onto in a very digital world.
I’m beginning a new body of paintings called Queens Rising — a series about inner light, feminine power, transformation, and remembering the spiritual power we carry.
While the paintings unfold, I’m inviting you closer.
Studio Letters is a way to share the stories, discoveries, and quiet moments behind the work while it is still becoming.
A letter from the studio. A fragment of the painting. A little light in the mail.
A little art to look forward to in your mailbox.
Follow the work while it is still becoming.
Most paintings are only seen once they are finished.
But some of the most meaningful discoveries happen before that — in the underpainting, the color study, the crop, the fragment, the moment where something begins to reveal itself.
Queens Rising is unfolding through images of candlelight, moonlight, fire, water, forest, and spiritual power.
The story is still emerging, and Studio Letters is an invitation to follow it from inside the studio.
This series began with a flame.
The first Studio Letter features a fragment from Awakening Light, the first painting in the Queens Rising series.
While painting the candle, I discovered something that felt almost magical: firelight was not only gold. It held violets, reds, blues, greens — a full spectrum quietly living inside the glow.
That discovery became part of the heart of this work.
The candle began to feel like more than an object. It became a symbol of the spiritual power we can all return to — the inner light that may dim, but does not disappear.
Queens Rising is about remembering that light.
Your Studio Letters membership also helps support the creation of Queens Rising while this new body of work is being made.
The completed exhibition is intended to support the AUM Foundation through a portion of proceeds from the final show.
By joining, you are receiving something personal from the studio while also helping this work come into the world.
Supporting the making of Queens Rising
Choose your Studio Letters membership
Every membership includes the monthly Studio Letter and signed 5 × 7 archival print. Choose the option that feels right for how closely you’d like to follow and support the work.
A subscription to the Print Club Studio Letters brings a piece of the studio magic directly to your mailbox each month in a thoughtfully curated envelope.
Each envelope contains:
one 5×7 archival print
one Studio Letter (written note from the studio)
signed by Ann
$1,500 one-time
Limited to 12 patrons.
Founding Patron is for those who would like to play a meaningful role in helping Queens Rising come fully to life from its earliest stages.
Includes everything in Studio Letters, plus:
Recognition as a founding supporter of Queens Rising
Early preview access to exhibition works
Priority opportunity to purchase available works
$750 credit toward the purchase of a final Queens Rising painting
A larger 9 × 12 print released quarterly
Behind-the-scenes studio insights, process glimpses, and special extras
A deeper connection to the development and completion of the project
More than a membership, Founding Patron offers the opportunity to be part of the foundation of this body of work.
The Collector Circle is designed for dedicated collectors and art enthusiasts who want a deeper connection to the studio process in developing an evolving body of work, Queens Rising.
As a member of the Collectors Circle, you will receive everything in Studio Letters plus:
an additional larger 9” × 12” print released quarterly
early access perks
behind-the-scenes extras (studio insights, process glimpses, and exclusive extras)
This tier is more than a subscription, it is an invitation into the inner circle of the studio, where collectors become part of the story.
