Based in Martha’s Vineyard and Sarasota, Florida, Philadelphia-born Annice Wooden is an abstract artist whose work dissolves boundaries—between nature and humanity, sky and sea, body and being. Her practice is a meditation on fluidity, where forms and shapes emerge, intertwine, and fade, echoing the vast, shifting landscapes of both the natural world and human experience.
Her signature explorations of clouds and oceans create spaces where sky and sea become at times indistinguishable—vast, unreachable, yet profoundly present. In her Blue Series, dark canvases seem to hold the moon’s reflection in water—or perhaps the moon itself, veiled by clouds—leaving the viewer suspended in ambiguity. Beyond landscapes, her work turns inward, exploring the human form with the same sense of obscurity. Figures emerge and dissolve, their beginnings and ends indistinct, often melding into one another to create a single, unified being. Her art is a dialogue between opposites: clarity and obscurity, presence and absence, simplicity and depth. Each piece invites the viewer to pause, reflect, and engage with the unseen forces that shape both nature and life.
A protégé of Michigan watercolorist Eileen Monteiro, Wooden brings a depth of technical skill and an intuitive sense of composition to her work.