Signature
member of the OPA, LPAPA, CAC
Biography
in Summary
Anita
Hampton has a growing reputation based on major painting awards. She
paints and instructs with a rich teaching experience, painting
philosophy, and high standards of professionalism. She is a
signature member of the California Art Club, Laguna Plein Air
Painters’ Association, and Oil Painters of America.
Although Hampton began her painting
career as a portrait and still life artist; in 2001, Hampton won two
major awards in plein air competitions: the San Juan Capistrano
Mission California Art Club Painting Festival and the Crystal Cove
Plein Air Painting Exhibition sponsored by the Irvine Corporation.
Within the same year, Hampton was awarded the Franklin Mint Award at
the National Oil Painters of America Competition in Chicago, IL.
Many other awards and honors have been credited her for outstanding
work. This year, Hampton has been honored to participate along with
16 other nationally known Artists to participate in the Trinchera
Ranch Project sponsored by Forbes Corporation and American Artist
Magazine.
Her work is included in major
collections, including the Irvine Collection, Guy Rose Plein Air
Collection and the five-star Hyatt Regency Hotel, Huntington Beach.
Her paintings have been exhibited at the California State Capital
and the American Embassy in Madrid, Spain.
Hampton is listed in Who’s Who in
America for her outstanding achievements. She has authored several
articles (portraits, still life, and landscapes) for instruction
with Walter Foster Publications,
Oil Painting
Step by Step, 2002 and The Art of Oil Painting 2003.
Hampton’s own personal philosophy
is that painting is a life-long study in which one must constantly
grow as a painter being able to paint anything the eye can see.
Hampton prefers to work from life with little or no photographic
tools. As such, she must work quickly and accurately to complete a
painting within a short amount of time. It is this mastery of paint
coupled with her unfailing eye for natural composition that allows
her to produce such exquisite work.
