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Ann H. Copelan was born on October 18, 1941 to a family
of six in Hawkinsville, Georgia. Copelan began drawing as a young
girl, sketching the harness races. She continued drawing after her
family moved to Macon, Georgia, where she graduated from Miller High
School. After marrying and raising a family, Copelan earned a
bachelor's degree from Georgia College in 1981, followed by a
master's degree five years later.
Following her divorce, Copelan turned to painting. Of
this time period, Copelan says, "I found myself painting every
possible moment I could squeeze in. I found tremendous solace in my
painting." Copelan paints romantic southern landscapes in an
impressioniastic manner using a pastel palate. Many of her scenes
include regional flora and stylized human figures. "I use a lot of
women and children in my work. I paint happy subjects. I am
essentially a happy person," Copelan says. Copelan is a
self-taught, award-winning artist, who is becoming one of the most
popular artists in America, and is quickly gaining international
recognition. In July of 1990, Copelan was included in the Arcives of
the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D. C.
Copelan has developed a style that is uniquely her own. "I
paint impressionastically in the same vein as Monet or Renoir. I'm
not saying my paintings are like them, but they are greatly
influenced by them," Copelan says in evaluation of her own
style.
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