Radiance

Anne Marchand was born in New Orleans. She majored in art at Auburn University, graduating with a BA, and then earned an MFA from the University of Georgia. Her early artistic focus was the figure, and she was especially drawn to the work of Francis Bacon for his expressive paintings of the human body.

Marchand’s other early influences include 20th-century modernist painters, the Abstract Expressionists, and the work of Carl Jung, with his reflections on dream imagery and psychological states. She credits her upbringing in New Orleans for her sensitivity to, “a sense of awe at the power and majesty of nature.” Her current abstract work is inspired by qualities of radiance and light which became active metaphors reflecting an inner state of being. Images of planets from the Hubble telescope inspired the painter to introduce circular imagery into her work. The nebulas and galaxies suggest biological structures, and Marchand realized the connection between space and the body as manifestations of the same universal energy.

Marchand has won commissions for public art projects in Washington, DC. Her work is published in the Washington Post, D'Art International, ArtDaily, Hyperallergic, InCollect, Art & Object, 100 Artists of the Mid Atlantic, Artists Homes and Studios, and Object Lessons, Beauty and Meaning in Art. She is recipient of an Artist Fellowship 2025 from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.