Anna Di Turi Franklin carries with her the love of art and of artistic expression of her native country: Italy.  Her academic education concentrated in languages and literature, along with a Renaissance- like interest in many areas.  Besides many degrees from NY city colleges, mainly in education, she has diplomas from the Universities of Madrid, Nice and Bologna.

Her busy life as a teacher of Romance Languages kept her away from executing her love for fine arts.  However, once retired out here in East Hampton, she dedicated her time taking art courses at the various art institutions of the East End and in private studios of well known artists.   She has a constant curiosity for exploring new mediums and art forms and, as such, her work is never stagnant.

Her inspiration comes from the beauty that surrounds her out here in the East End of Long Island where she resides with her husband.  She belongs to a “plein air” group of artists called “The Wednesday Group”, now sponsored by The Nature Conservancy, with whom she usually exhibits at Ashawagh Hall in the Springs, East Hampton.

She is passionate about her painting and what moves her may take many forms.  She is equally at home with representational painting as well as abstract and because of her innate love for diversity, she will not limit herself to one form of expression or one medium.  She is, therefore, a very eclectic painter. The physical beauty of nature moves her to paint in order to create visual images as an outlet to her emotional reaction to beauty.

She has been selected in many juried shows at the East End Arts, in Riverhead; at Southampton Cultural Center; at the Naples Art Association in Florida.  She was honored to be part of the Springs Invitational in 2012. She has been written about in various local papers and on line.   Recently, Sept. 2016, she won the Southampton Artists Association poster contest for their Labor Day show and was featured in the Independent Art Section, Oct. 5th,2016.

She has been and is very active in the East Hampton artistic community.  She belongs to many art affiliations and museums. She has been part of the board of the AAEH for many years; she has served as President of the Friends of Guild Hall for 3 seasons for which institution she has organized, successfully, for over 8 years, private studio tours showcasing the best artists and art sites in our area.

She was part of the former Studio East Gallery and Artists Gallery in Greenport, the former Crazy Monkey Gallery in Amagansett and the White Room in Bridgehampton.   She is currently part of Artblend, a notable Fort Lauderdale gallery.

She has exhibited all across Long Island, from Brooklyn to Montauk, and, on the North Fork, in Peconic’s Gallery Crossing.  In the latter, Sept. 2014, she showed 25 paintings selected from 2 successful series shown, as one of the featured artists, in the former Crazy Monkey Gallery.  One called “Incandescence”, dedicated to her love of flowers instilled by her mom and the other “Under the Sea” which explored both the real and imaginary world under the seas.  Both series can be viewed at www.hamptonsarthub.com.

Contact Anna at annagfranklin@hotmail.com. for additional information or phone (631)907-4321.  Her work can also be seen at :  www.aaeh.org ; www.southamptonartists.org; www.hamptonsarthub.com; www.eastendarts.org; artblend.com; Blink