The Art of Anni Crouter: Biography




	Born in Chicago, but growing up in Flint, Michigan, Anni Crouter started painting and drawing before she could read or write. Soon after relocating to Michigan in 1965, this natural ability caught notice by her mother and both her grandmothers, who encouraged her to express herself. The life on a farm in rural Michigan with a father who was a veterinarian lent itself to many aspiring subjects to paint and draw such as horses, barn cats, dogs, birds and other wild and domesticated animals. Many of these subjects still remain her favorites to paint. Following school, she attended Mott Community College (Flint, MI) majoring in business, with a minor in art. Her artwork mainly focused on oil, and sometimes, acrylic mediums. Her big breakthrough came with the introduction into the world of watercolors. She credits her longtime mentor, Jim Ames, AWS. Under his guidance her knowledge in art theory and artistic abilities has continually progressed, and now her work can be seen in national and international trade journals, art galleries and businesses in several states, and in the homes of private collectors. Anni married Dr. Nathan Boggs, DVM in 2001. They currently reside in Flint, MI, where she shares space at her husbands practice - he fixes them on the ground floor and she paints them in the studio located on the second floor. It seems that when you love your subjects so much, you make sure that you are around them as much as possible. Some of those subjects were shown at galleries and exhibitions listed below: Anni Crouter, AWS, SAA, AFC, NSPCA, NWWS, MSWS, 2021 JAVMA, Journal of the American Veterinary Association, cover art: "Power Trip" 2021 Art Renewal Center, 15th International ARC Salon Competition, Animal Category, second place "Take Out Only", third Place "In Plain Sight", exhibiting at: Sotheby's, New York City, New York European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain 2020 American Watercolor Society 153rd Annual International Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC "Exhale", tour: Le Mars Arts Center, Le Mars, Iowa Mid-Plains Community College, McCook, Nebraska Longview Museum of Fine Arts, , Longview, Texas Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, Alabama Tullhoma Fine Arts Center, Tullahoma, Texas Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, Virginia 2020 Richeson 75 International Competition, Animals, Birds & Wildlife, Finalist: "Take Out Only", Kohl's Noble Stroll", cover of book "Take Out Only". 2020 Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Almost miniatures Exhibition, Lexington, Massachusetts 2020 Society of Animal Artists Members Exhibition, Hiram Blauvelt Museum, Oradell, New Jersey, "Take Out Only" 2019 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Birds in Art Exhibition, "Dew Drop Inn" 2019 Artists for Conservation Annual Exhibition, VanDusen Botanical Gardens, Vancouver, BC, "Vervet Monkey" & "Verner" 2019 National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York City, "Crowned Cranes" 2019 26th Annual Red River Watercolor Society National Juried Watermedia Exhibition, Moorhead, MN, "Luminaire" 2019 Smithsonian Waterways Exhibition, "Exhale" 2019 Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Birds, Flowers & Gardens Exhibition, Lexington, Massachusetts 2019 Society of Animal Artists, Art and the Animal Exhibition, The Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas "Arabesque" The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Purchase Award, selected for tour: The Evelyn Burrow Museum, Hanceville, Alabama The Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, Connecticut 2019 Women2Women Michigan Magazine article "Meet Anni Crouter: A Walk on the Wildside", Vol 10 Issue 2 2018 Artists for Conservation International Exhibit of Nature in Art, Vancouver, BC, "Rococo" 2018 Northwest Watercolor Society 78th Annual International Open Exhibition, Mercer Island, WA, "Luminaire" 2018 Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art, Art Prize: The Michigan Connection Exhibition, Midland, MI 2018 Red River Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, Heritage Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead, MN, "Tusk" 2018 National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, Salmagundi Club, New York City Annual Exhibition The Gerry Lenfest Award for American Art, "Urning for Attention" 2018 Hudson Valley Art Association 85th Annual Juried Exhibition, Carmel, NY, "Sunspot" 2018 Society of Animal Artists, Art and the Animal Exhibition, The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art, St. Petersburg, Florida, selected for tour at the following: Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, New Jersey The Sternberb Museum of Natural History, Hays, Kansas 2018 Artists for Conservation International Exhibit of Nature in Art, Vancouver, BC, "Rococo" 2018 Gallery 194 one woman exhibition, Lapeer, Michigan 2018 Fine Art Connoisseur feature "Three to Watch" May/June 2018 2018 Art Renewal Center acceptance as an Associate Living Master 2018 NWWS Annual Juried Exhibition, Mercer Island WA, “Luminaire” 2018 Kayamoja ArtConnects Trust Exhibition, April, Namibia Africa 2018 Art Renewal Center Finalist 2018 Michigan Art Guide cover artist 2018 The Real Africa Trust, Sketch for Survival, Gallery at OXO on London’s South Bank and New York City 2017 Wildscapes Exhibition, Bennington VT, 2017 2017 NWWS Annual Juried Exhibition, Gig Harbor Museum, Gig Harbor, WA 2017 Art Renewal Exhibition, New York, NY and then on to The Museum Of Modern Art, Barcelona Spain, Honorable Mention Award “Neck and Neck” 2017 Society of Animal Artists Nature in Art Exhibition and sale, The Nature in Art Museum, Wallsworth Hall, Sandhurst, Gloucester, England 2017 Art Prize 9, Grand Rapids MI, “Team Spirit” Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Sept. 20- Oct. 8th 2017 Society of Animal Artists, Great Lakes Invitational Exhibition Charlevoix, MI 2017 Fandangles’ One woman art show, March 2017 2017 Society of Animal Artists members show and sale, Trailside Galleries, Jackson WY 2017 Society of Animal Artists annual exhibition, The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ 2017 National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, Salmagundi Club, NY NY 2017 Shiawassee Arts Council Members Exhibition, Award for “Aiyana Opus” 2017 Shiawassee Arts Council, Magnificent Seven Exhibition 2017 Founding Member of The Bennington Center for the Arts, for The Bennington Collective 2017 Wildscapes Exhibition, Bennington VT, 2017 2017 NWWS Annual Juried Exhibition, Gig Harbor Museum, Gig Harbor, WA 2017 Art Renewal Exhibition, New York, NY and then on to The Museum Of Modern Art, Barcelona Spain, Honorable Mention Award “Neck and Neck” 2017 Society of Animal Artists Nature in Art Exhibition and sale, The Nature in Art Museum, Wallsworth Hall, Sandhurst, Gloucester, England 2017 Art Prize 9, Grand Rapids MI, “Team Spirit” Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Sept. 20- Oct. 8th 2017 Society of Animal Artists, Great Lakes Invitational Exhibition Charlevoix, MI 2017 Fandangles’ One woman art show, March 2017 2017 Society of Animal Artists members show and sale, Trailside Galleries, Jackson WY 2017 Society of Animal Artists annual exhibition, The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ 2017 National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, Salmagundi Club, NY NY 2017 Shiawassee Arts Council Members Exhibition, Award for “Aiyana Opus” 2017 Shiawassee Arts Council, Magnificent Seven Exhibition 2017 Founding Member of The Bennington Center for the Arts, for The Bennington Collective 2017 National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, Salmagundi Club, NY NY 2017 Shiawassee Arts Council Members Exhibition, Award for “Aiyana Opus” 2017 Shiawassee Arts Council, Magnificent Seven Exhibition 2017 Founding Member “The Collective” Bennington Center for the Arts 2017 Bennington Center for the Arts “Collective” exhibition, Fall 2017, Bennington Vt. 2017 Bennington Center for the Arts “Wildscapes” exhibition, Sprint 2017, Bennington Vt. 2016 Society of Animal Artists annual exhibition, Houston Museum of Natural Science "Tusk" 2016 Art Renewal Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York City "Spooked" 2016 National Society of Casein and Acrylic exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York City "Poe" 2016 Artists for Conservation annual exhibition, Vancouver, BC 2016 Mountain Oyster Club annual Western Art Show and Sale, Tucson, AZ 2016 Shiawassee Arts Council annual members exhibition, peoples choice winner, "Triple Play" 2016 Fandangles one woman show, Flushing, MI 2015 Society of Animal Artists, Annual Exhibition, Jamestown New York, Roger Tory Peterson Gallery, August, with continuing tour through 2016 Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Nov. 14 – Jan 3, 2016 Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Jan 30^th 2016 – April 3, 2016 Canton Art Museum, April 23 2016 – July 17, 2016 2015 National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, 61st Annual Exhibition, New York City, “Waiting for Alice” 2015 “Art of the Animal Kingdom” Bennington, Vermont, “Mr. Big” and “Swoop” 2015 Bennington Small Works Exhibition, “Sable” 2015 Bennington Center for the Arts Museum acquisition, “Sable” 2015 75th Annual International Open Exhibition, Northwest Watercolor Society, Bellevue, WA, “Tusk” 2015 Northwest Watercolor Society, Tulalip Pacific NW Award 2015, Featured Artist, Flint Art Fair, June 20-21^st 2015, Art Prize, “Triple Play”, Grand Rapids Michigan, Gerald R. Ford Museum, Sept. 23 to Oct. 11^th 2015 Oliver Art Center, May 15^th-June21st, Frankfort Michigan 2015 Mississippi Watercolor Society Grand National Exhibition, “Mostly Cloudy”, Art Center of Mississippi, Jackson Mississippi 2015 Shiawassee Arts Center, Annual Juried Exhibition, “This Side Up”, “Leap of Faith” 2015 America’s Parks Encore Exhibition, “Betsy Bay Point”, “This Side Up”, “Leap of Faith”, Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, Logan, Ks, Dec 4 to Jan 31, 2016 2015 Artist’s Magazine, Finalist, “Mr. Big”, “Waiting for Alice” 2015 ARC (Art Renewal Center), Exhibition and Tour, MEAM (European Museum of Modern Art), November, Barcelona Spain 2015 ARC, Honorable Mention, “Spooked” 2015 Artists for Conservation, Annual Exhibition, Vancouver BC, “The Distraction” 2015 Shiawassee Arts Council, 3^rd place, “Leap of Faith" 2015 Artprize, Grand Rapids Michigan, 3rd place 2D, "Triple Play" 2014 Society of Animal Artists Exhibition, Parker, CO, premier August 23 - October 22, 2014 at The Wildlife Experience 2014 Casein & Acrylic Show, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY June 20, 2014 2014 Art of the Animal Kingdom, Bennington, Vermont - "The Distraction" and "Freestyle" 2014 Artists for Conservation, Vancover, BC, Canada - "Over Ice" and "The Big Chill" 2014 Society of Animal Artists annual Exhibition, Wildlife Experience, Denver, Colorado “Spooked” 2014 Society of Animal Artists, Presidents award 2014 Society of Animal Artists, Tour: Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ The Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, MO The National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg, VA 2014 Artist’s Magazine, Wildlife Juror 2014 Artist’s Magazine, November, Bird Issue featured artist 2014 American Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition 2014 American Watercolor Society, Signature Membership Induction 2013 American Watercolor Society, 146th Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York City 2013 LSU Animals in Art Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA, "Preen" 2013 LSU People's Choice Award, "Preen" 2013 National Society of Painters in Casein and Acryli, 59th Annual Exhihbition, New York City, "Polar Repose" 2013 America's Parks Exhibition and Tour, "Night Watchman" and "Solitaire" The Ella Carother Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, MO Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, Jamestown, NY Kenosha Public Museums, Kenosha, WI 2013 "Art of the Animal Kingdom" Bennington, VT, "Leap of Faith" and "Moody Blues" 2013 73rd Annual International Open Exhibition, Northwest Watercolor Society, Bellevue, WA - Mercer View Gallery 2013 Small Works Annual Exhibition, Bennington, VT, "Poof" 2013 NWWS Past Presidents Award, "Spooked" 2013 Society of Animal Artists Annual Exhibition, Bennington, VT, Fall 2013, "Leap of Faith" 2013 April 25, Received Signature Membership, NWWS 2012 Art of the Animal Kingdom, Bennington, Vermont—June 2012 2012 LSU Animals in Art Exhibition, Baton Rouge LA, April 2012—“Solitaire” 2012 Northwest Watercolor Society 72nd Annual Exhibition, Seatle, WA, May 2012 - "Blythe's Hornbill" 2012 People's Choice Award - "Waiting for His Cowboy", Shiawasse Arts Center 2012 National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, Annual Jurried Exhibition, New York City, "Lesser Flamingto" (The Katharine Steele Renninger Memorial Award 2012) 2012 Society of Animal Artists Annual Exhibition and Tour, "Yoga", Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, New Jersey 2012 Artist's For Conservation (AFC) Annual Exhibition, "Polar Repose" and "Sexton", Vancouver, BC 2012 Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan, November - December 2012 Chippewa Nature Center Annual Wildlife/Nature Show, Midland, Michigan - December Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association (JAVMA) cover (Jan. 15th, 2011) 2011 International Exhibition on Animals in Art, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 2011 Science Art Nature An independent virtual exhibit of Science Art coordinated with the annual meeting of the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of SCIENCE(AAAS) Washington DC February 17-21 LSU 2011 Animals in Art Exhibition, Baton Rouge Louisiana, “Stargazer”, “Northern Exposure” Judges Award LSU 2011, “Stargazer” Bennington Center for the Arts, “Art of the Animal Kingdom”, (June 2011) Shiawassee Arts Center, Members Exhibition Spring 2011, “Irresistible” 2011 Annual Juried exhibition of Painters in Casien and Acrylic, Salmagundi Club, New York City 2011 Society of Animal Artists Exhibition, Traverse City, MI Sept. 17th-Oct 30th, 2011 “Stargazer” 2011 Artists for Conservation (AFC) Annual Exhibition, “Northern Exposure”, “Yoga”, Grouse Mountain—Vancouver, BC—November 4th—December 2011 Mississippi Watercolor Annual Exhibition, “Blyth’s Hornbill”, Jackson MS, Bancorp Award 2011 Finalist - Artist Magazine - "Sleeping Beauty" and "By A Nose" LSU (Louisiana State University), 23rd Annual “International Exhibition on Animals in Art” (April 2010), Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2010 Permanent Collection Louisiana State University, “Tranquility” 2010 Shiawassee Arts Center, Peoples Choice Award, “Stargazer” 2010 Artists Magazine Competition Finalist two pieces “ Solitaire” and “Hangtime” 2010 56th Annual Juried exhibition of Painters in Casien and Acrylic, Salmagundi Club, New York City 2010 “ Art of the Animal Kingdom “ Bennington, Vermont 2010 Society of Animal Artists “ Art and the Animal “ Exhibition, Museum of Natural History, San Diego, CA 2010 Artists for Conservation international exhibition and inclusion of “Solitaire” in annual Calendar Society of Animal Artists National Tour 2010-2011 inclusion of “HANGTIME” Wildlife Experience, Parker CO Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, MO March 13th thru September 5th 2011 San Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman OK April 30th thru September 5th 2011 October 10th 2010 Artists for Conservation (AFC) Medal of Excellence for the painting “SOLITAIRE” December 2010 Wildscapes Editors Choice Award for the painting “Solitaire” Canterbury, Kent United Kingdom 49th annual Society of Animal Artists “Art and the Animal” Exhibition and Tour (2009-2010 Nov. 21, 09 – Feb. 21, 2010: The Wildlife Experience, Parker CO March 27 – June 27, 2010: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute, Tucson, AZ Aug. 21 – Oct. 31, 2010: Green Acres Art Center, Cincinnati, OH International “Birds in Art” Exhibition and Tour, Leigh Yawkey/Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin ( Sept. 2009,Tour 2009-2011) Sept. 12 – Nov. 15, 2009, Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI Dec. 10, 09 – Feb. 14, 2010, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI March 7 – May 15, 2010, Museum of the Red River, Idabel, OK July 3 – Sept. 5, 2010, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ Sept. 27, 2010 – Jan. 2, 2011, Wildling Art Museum, Los Olivos, CA Society of Animal Artists “Small Works Big Impressions” Exhibition, Parker, Colorado, (Winter 2007, 2008, 2009) Nov. 21, 09 – Feb. 21, 2010: The Wildlife Experience, Parker CO March 27 – June 27, 2010: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute, Tucson, AZ Aug. 21 – Oct. 31, 2010: Green Acres Art Center, Cincinnati, OH Bennington Center for the Arts, “Art of the Animal Kingdom” Bennington, Vermont (June 2008,2009) Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association (JAVMA) cover, (May 15th issue 2007) American Academy of Equine Art, Lexington, Kentucky, (September 2007) Fandangles, Flushing, Michigan (1995-Present in the month of March) 46th annual Society of Animal Artists “Art and the Animal” exhibition and Tour (2006-07) Feb 3 – April 1, 2007: The Wildlife Experience, Parker CO April 15 – June 3, 2007: West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ July 7 - Aug. 31, 2007: Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI Sept. 22 -- Nov. 25, 2007: Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory NC Finalist, International Artist Magazine, "My Favorite Subjects" contest, Issue #44 (2005) Kettering University, Flint, Michigan (One Woman Show and Lecture Series 2004) Mississippi Watercolor Animal Exhibition (2000) Galleries and Exhibitions: Art Prize, 2017, “Team Spirit”, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Sept.20-October 8 2017 Fandangles’, Flushing, Michigan (March 1995-Present) Shiawassee Arts Center, Owosso, Michigan Mackinac’s Little Gallery, Mackinac Island Michigan Twisted Fish, Elk Rapids, Michigan June 2012, Summer 2013. Permanent Artist



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