annaDART Written by Lon Levin
When did you first think about art as something you wanted to be involved with? Were you encouraged or discouraged by family, friends, teachers, mentors? My childhood proceeded with a lucid calm, at a measured quiet tempo. Curtains billowing while I rested upon my bed, playing Beethoven, the collection of butterflies I unleashed around the bedroom, being enamoured with my first brushes I won due to some art competitions, me lying back into the flowers upon receipt of a cherished letter from someone dear. My family would talk a lot about the sky, travelling, and I used to read Antoine de Exupery. My mom would paint on wood in red, yellow and black sophisticated birds and create gorgeous compositions of dry and fresh flowers. I remember myself longing to become a dancer, but I was a sick child. So I painted, read the books with illustrations sparkled with candlelight and did some pirouettes in the living room. Once being 7-8 I would draw with my colorful pencils right before New Year’s Eve bell-ringing, at the last moment, because somehow I felt the importance, almost a weight of creating to be able to freeze the time. The day without a painting is a day without a date.
Anna Dart is a multifaceted and a largely self-taught artist who promotes ecological, climatic and social sustainability as well as mental health. Emerged as an artist in Barcelona, Anna Dart was approached by numerous galleries, various international fashion magazines and art festivals; her works can be found in private collections of celebrities. Now Anna Dart travels around the world with her base and representatives in Zürich, Barcelona and London. She plants trees and does charity. 28
