Anne Marie Oborn was born in Pocatello, Idaho in 1949. She is a plein-air, impressionist painter specializing in still life, landscape, and traditional figures. She lives in Bountiful, Utah.

Oborn earned a BFA from Idaho State University in 1973. She also studied with Adrian van Suchtelen of Utah State University. She has written on technique, composition, and color choice for several national art magazines.

Brigham Young University Museum of Art acquired two of her paintings for its permanent collection.  Snow Balls in the Sun (1989) is part of the Springville Museum of Art's permanent collection. Her work is represented by Hope Gallery and Williams Fine Art in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Biography adapted from Artists of Utah.

Anne Marie Oborn (1949-), of Pocatello, Idaho (c.1970), and Bountiful, Utah, is a color-impressionist plein-air, still-life, and landscape painter and traditional figure painter and drawing specialist who studied with Sergei Bongart and Utah State University artist Adrian Van Suchtelen. She is versed in the use of oils and drawing with charcoal.

Biography courtesy Artists of Utah.

To contact this artist email to: anneoborn@sisna.com

Newspaper Articles

"A Day Around South Davis." The Davis County Clipper, March 6, 2003.

"Art Canvass." The Deseret News, November 9, 2003.

"Art Canvass." The Deseret News, February 9, 2003.

"Art Canvass." The Deseret News, November 12, 1995.

"Art Canvass." The Deseret News, January 23, 1994.

"Art Canvass." The Deseret News, June 20, 1993.

"Art Canvass." The Deseret News, June 23, 1991.

"Artists Invited to Enter Handcart Days Show." The Deseret News, March 30, 2004.

"Celebrate The Holidays By Taking In The Sights At 3 Local Art Galleries." The Deseret News, December 1, 1991.

"Coming Up: Visual Art." The Salt Lake Tribune, March 4, 2001.

"Coming Up: Visual Art." The Salt Lake Tribune, November 14, 1999.

"Coming Up: Visual Art." The Salt Lake Tribune, September 26, 1999.

"Coming Up: Visual Art." The Salt Lake Tribune, August 30, 1998.

"Coming Up: Visual Art." The Salt Lake Tribune, December 1, 1996.

"Diane Turner et al Exhibit in Bountiful." The Deseret News, October 5, 2003.

"Events Scheduled Around the State in Commemoration of 9/11." The Deseret News, September 15, 2000.

"Exhibition Winners: Latter Day Saints Yesterday and Today." The Deseret News, May 4, 2000.

"Galleries." The Deseret News, December 6, 1998.

"Galleries." The Deseret News, December 31, 1995.

"Galleries." The Deseret News, April 5, 1992.

"Galleries." The Deseret News, December 22, 1991.

"Galleries." The Deseret News, November 17, 1991.

"Literary Footnotes." The Deseret News, March 28, 2004.

"Look to the Future, Members Counseled at Centennial Fireside." The Deseret News, August 15, 1998.

"Nature Beckons to Garden Lovers." The Deseret News, June 12, 2003.

"Participating Artists." The Deseret News, March 31, 2002.

"Remembering September 11." The Salt Lake Tribune, September 11, 2002.

"Showing at Local Galleries." The Deseret News, May 23, 2004.

"Showing at Local Galleries." The Deseret News, October 6, 2002.

"Showing at Local Galleries." The Deseret News, June 24, 2001.

"Utah Marquee: Reading/ Signings." The Salt Lake Tribune, October 4, 2002.

"Utah Marquee: Visual Art." The Salt Lake Tribune, October 27, 1995.

"What's Up at the Fair Today." The Salt Lake Tribune, September 10, 2001.

Books

Albert, Greg. The Simple Secret to Better Painting. Cincinnati, OH: North Light Books, 2003.

Evans, Richard Paul, Tracy Michele Evans, and Anne Marie Oborn. His Gift. Salt lake City, UT: Arcadia Publishing, 2001.

Oborn, Anne Marie. A Mother's Love. Salt Lake City, UT: Eagle Gate, 2002.

Olpin, Robert S., William C. Seifrit, and Vern G. Swanson. Artists of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith Publisher, 1999.