About The ArtistsWe now offer painting services in both the San Francisco Bay Area and in Denver, Colorado.
San Francisco Bay Area - Anna Donovan
Originally from Oregon, Anna has spent her entire adult life in the Bay Area, first graduating from Stanford University with a degree in American Studies, then going on to receive an MFA in Textiles from California College of the Arts. After beginning her work life in an education start-up, she's now been painting with Magpie for over a decade.
After spending vacations during her twenties and early thirties traveling the world as much as possible, Anna has started to set some roots with a family and a new home (since home is where the heart is!). She is mother to a rambunctious boy named Bodi, born in 2010, and her husband is pursuing a PhD at Stanford, Anna’s old stomping grounds, where they now live on campus. Anna is also a certified yoga teacher and loves to make quilts that look more like abstract paintings, often from the clothing of loved ones who have passed. If you’re interested in such a quilt, feel free to contact Anna directly.
Denver, Colorado - Genevieve Smith
A native Californian, Genevieve (Jennie) was an artist from the time she was old enough to pick up a pencil in her hometown of Monterey. After graduating with a BA in Studio Art from UC Santa Barbara, she moved to the Bay Area and began working as a decorative painter for Willem Racke and others, until teaming up with Anna in 2000.
Jennie is the mother of two spunky and beautiful little girls, Cora and Lydia, and lives with her family in their relatively new home of Denver. She paints in oils and shows her work in galleries, as well as selling greeting cards and prints of some of her paintings that can be found at www.boundword.com. We call her McGyver for her ingenious solutions to household problems, and she also happens to be a whiz in the kitchen.