Anna whitted studio

Anna Whitted is an Appalachian contemporary artist from Southwest Virginia. Holding a BFA in Kinetic Imaging from Virginia Commonwealth University, her professional art career began with experimental animation, video, sound, and extended tech media.

Since graduating from VCU in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic helped shape a new path for Whitted’s career–a turn from digital mediums to physical mediums. For the past 4-5 years, Whitted has created over 30 large-scale, abstract oil paintings experimenting with color and texture to craft ethereal dreamscapes. These spiritual paintings investigate the ancient qualities of Appalachia, inviting the viewer to experience the essence of Appalachian nature through expressive visual energy. In 2021, this body of work was shown in a solo exhibition at the William King Museum of Art.

Along this theme, Whitted has taken other challenging avenues of metaphysical expression by painting personality traits using texture, tone, and mood. In 2024, more traditional techniques entered the realm of Whitted’s practice through portraiture and still life observation. Common themes of interest around future work for Whitted include memory, nostalgia, childhood, symbolism, growth, and the meaning of home.