Friday Jun 06, 2025
The Anxious Voyage with Mark O’Brien: Love Your Space Anne O'Brien
Love Your Space: Anne O’Brien
Forty-Eighth Episode: I’ll be joined again by my wife, Anne. She’s the founder of The ArtFitters, an interior decorating and design firm. She re-imagines ordinary spaces (residential, commercial, historical, or institutional) to create the extraordinary — beautiful, organized, functional, and comfortable — through adaptive re-use and creative utilization. At an early age, she found herself drawing house plans, enjoying visits to furniture stores, and continually re-staging her bedroom. At age eight, she was more interested in picking out wallpaper, re-upholstering furniture, and re-decorating rooms than going out to play. In her professional life, the scopes of her projects grew larger. Her exposure to styles, materials, and furnishing became more broad. With more than 20 years of experience behind her, Anne is a visually inventive conceptual thinker who always sees the big picture. Because it informs her work, Anne made time for art. She had instruction in sculpting, pottery, Norwegian folk art, wood carving, dress, jewelry, and interior design. She studied painting at the Borgo Rinascimento International School of Art in Farnesi, Italy, and with numerous artists. We recently participated in a RoundTable 360˚ session, led by Anne, the topic of which was, Art as Space: Are You and Your Space Playing Nice With Each Other? We sincerely hope you’ll join us.
Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/live/YW3RQDJi2sk?si=M86V8k3K0gC_TBsk
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