Anna Núñez
MEET THE ARTIST
Anna Núñez (b. 1995) is a mixed-media abstract painter based in Florida. Her work is a contemplative exploration of faith, surrender, and the balance between control and release. Through gestural mark-making and layered fields of color, Núñez creates compositions that embody both structure and spontaneity, reflecting a practice rooted as much in trust and openness as in discipline.
Deeply influenced by the emotive power of color, her paintings often hold the imprint of a memory or place: a candlelit dinner, a graffiti-lined street in Mexico City, a quiet space of worship. Each canvas becomes an intimate dialogue between intention and chance, offering viewers the opportunity to find their own meanings within its layers.
Núñez’s work has been acquired by collectors around the world, featured in exhibitions, and participated in collaborations with partners like Croft House. After six years as a graphic designer, she answered her long-held calling to paint full-time in 2022, dedicating her new painting career to creating works that invite peace, joy, and reflection into the spaces they inhabit.
A Chance You Take
Mixed Media on Woven Canvas
2025
40” x 40” x 1.5”
$2,800
Chatting with Anna Núñez
CH // You transitioned from a career in graphic design to painting full-time in 2022. What inspired that leap?
AN // Becoming a fine artist was something I had longed to pursue deep down in my heart since I was in high school, but I kept that desire on the back burner as I went through college and landed on the other side as a graphic designer. I went the design route mainly because I enjoyed it, but also because I wasn't quite sure how it would ever be possible to become a full-time fine artist. After working in graphic design for about six years, I reached a personal crossroads where I had the opportunity to take a big leap and pivot my career to painting - something that felt like my true passion and calling. It was definitely a difficult transition, but I was motivated along the way to persevere (and still am) because I long to leave an inspiring legacy for my future children and grandchildren as an artist who did what she truly loved for a living and responded to her God-given calling to create works of art.
CH // What are the inspirations behind your current body of work?
AN // All of my paintings—my Croft House collection included are rooted in my Christian faith and a desire to create with the spontaneity and freedom of a child. I'm also drawn to the emotive nature of color and the way it can hold memories, feelings, and stories, so each piece becomes a lively dialogue between faith, color, and play. When I look at a piece like April 4, Roma Norte, I'm taken back to my 30th birthday in Mexico City and the memory of walking a graffiti-lined street with my friends. Good Wine, Good Company brings to mind the warmth of a candlelit dinner party, full of clinking glasses and the sounds of laughter. Shine Your Light on Me can either transport me back to memories of being at the beach or take me to a place of worship, depending on the day. It feels like each of my paintings displays its own emotional landscape. The colors and sequence of marks form a unique story, and I hope that viewers can use those colors, gestures, and titles to create their own memories and meanings around the work.
CH // When do you feel most creative?
AN // I feel the most inspired and full of new ideas whenever I'm traveling, but I feel the most creative when I have a clear schedule, an art history book in hand, and a brightly lit studio to fill with new paintings.
CH // Faith and surrender are central to your practice, how do these ideas show up in your creative process?
AN // I leaned into my Christian faith during a season when I was really struggling with my mental health. It was around the same time that I began diving more seriously into my painting practice, in 2021/2022. Although I grew up in a Christian household, with parents and grandparents who are believers, and had positive experiences in the church, I really didn't come to fully understand the significance or value of my Christian faith until the culmination of an anxiety disorder overlapped with my decision to begin painting full-time. As I went through therapy and found relief, I also decided to open my Bible more often, and I began to cling to the words of hope, truth, and encouragement that I found there. My relationship with Jesus was a lifeline in that season and an instrumental aspect of finding healing. Throughout that process, I was painting, and I could see evidence of what I was experiencing and learning translated through the colors I gravitated toward or the expressive marks I made. I grew deeper in my faith during that season. As I simultaneously learned to reframe my relationship to anxiety (which is still an ongoing process), I also recognized how powerful it can be to approach all areas of life with a posture of surrender - to trust in something greater than ourselves, our Creator. I couldn't separate these themes of faith and surrender from what I was making at the time, and they became permanent aspects of my artwork and practice. My faith is exercised daily as I continue to trust that God has bigger plans for my life and art, rather than letting doubt or potential judgment from others hold me back from painting or sharing online. Surrender is exercised in the way I show up before a blank canvas every day, with a cup of paint in hand, a brush, and a willingness to see what might take shape.
CH // Tell us about one of your favorite pieces.
AN // I have several pieces in this collection that feel like true favorites. One that comes to mind is Meet Me at the Pool. This is an unusually vibrant color palette for me, and it feels like a risk that paid off. I love the boldness of the hue, the way it demands attention, contrasted with a soft movement of marks. The creative process behind this painting also looked a bit different than usual. Usually, I'll paint very intuitively, coming up with color palettes and laying down marks in a way that feels responsive to my emotions on any given day. Once the work is complete, I'll find what it represents and pair it with a name. For this painting, however, I had a much clearer vision and a more concrete plan to draw inspiration from the yellow hallway in Luis Barragán's Casa Gilardi, a brightly lit corridor of painted yellow glass that leads to a beautifully teal indoor pool. I was there on my 30th birthday, starting a new decade of life and saying goodbye to an old one as I walked through that cheerful hall. Overall, I think it's fun how this painting captured my memory of a very specific place and time, while also representing a place in the world that countless others have experienced and enjoyed.
CH // Do you begin each piece with a clear vision, or is it a more intuitive process?
AN // I’d say I experience both approaches in my creative process. I'll go into the studio with a clear vision for a painting, maybe 20% of the time, as I outlined in my story of painting Meet Me at the Pool. The other 80% of my time is spent working very intuitively. I'm a lover of discipline and parameters. I think starting a painting with a preconceived idea can be very powerful and often lead to strong work. Still, I also love the spontaneity of abstract painting in general. I'm frequently surprised to find that my favorite paintings could never have been planned out or prepared for in advance. Like my painting A Chance You Take, half of that piece, the navy canvas, sat in my studio, rolled up in a corner, for eight months before I realized what I ought to do with it: tear the work into strips and weave them into another painting. I love it when my work can unfold through a more carefree process of experimentation, trial and error, or layering. It's a fun feeling when a piece of artwork surprises me, or a painting that I initially deemed a failure turns out to be a treasured addition to my portfolio because I didn't give up on it.
CH // What does a typical day in your studio look like?
AN // A typical day in my studio starts with admin work during the first half of the day. When the light is on the opposite side of my house and my studio is a bit darker and more blue, I'll sit at my desk, answering emails, working on marketing tasks, or doing anything else that needs to be done on my computer. Then I'll take a break for lunch or go on a walk and come back to make myself a tea or a matcha latte. At this point, the sun has started to shine through my studio window, filling the space with nice diffused light. If I don't have any other pressing tasks on my computer for that day, I'll turn on some music, clear off my desk, and pivot to painting for the rest of the afternoon and sometimes into the evening. Since I'm a lover of color, I usually don't paint once the sun has gone down. So, the sunset is a nice motivator to pause for the day, leave the studio, and enjoy life with my husband or friends for the remainder of the night.
CH // When someone encounters your art for the first time, what do you hope they feel or take away?
AN //My hope is that anyone who encounters my art will feel embraced in a sense of peace, joy, and/or encouragement. I strive to create work that feels hopeful and uplifting, and I attempt to achieve this through the colors I use, the childlike marks I make, and the thought I pour into naming each painting. How someone chooses to interpret these elements and derive meaning from them is a matter of personal choice and a beautiful mystery to me.
Surrender is exercised in the way I show up before a blank canvas every day, with a cup of paint in hand, a brush, and a willingness to see what might take shape.
Shine Your Light on Me
Mixed Media on Canvas
2025
36” x 48” x 1.5”
$3,000
Good Wine, Good Company
Mixed Media on Canvas
2025
30” x 40” x 1.5”
$2,100
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$3,350Mixed Media on Canvas, Pair of 2, 2025
24” x 40” x 1.375”
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Meet me at the pool
Mixed media on canvas
2025
48” x 48” x 1.5”
$4,000
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