Anne Warren was born January 22, 1936 and died August 17, 2024. She grew up in Portland, OR and Seattle, WA and lived much of her life in Palo Alto, CA. She was closely connected to the Northwest School art movement, and some of its leading figures including Richard Gilkey, Morris Graves and Leo Kenney. Although she was influenced by these older artists, she had a rare “inner eye” that saw beauty everywhere in nature. She painted it in her own unique style. 

Anne had enjoyed drawing for much of her life, but didn’t start painting till after she retired from Stanford University at age 55.  Her early paintings were primarily still lifes, often featuring flowers, vegetables and fruits from her gorgeous backyard garden. After studying briefly with Wayne Thiebaud, she branched out to landscapes with a particular love for estuarine and coastal scenes. Anne was a docent at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve and would often find inspiration in the beauty there for her paintings, whether close-ups of plants or larger landscapes. Some of her botanical illustrations appeared in Sunset Magazine and in a publication for Jasper Ridge.

In later years it became difficult for her to deal with the weight of canvases. She turned to iPad art, having seen an exhibit of David Hockney’s work in San Francisco’s de Young museum. Some of her iPad still lifes and landscapes can be seen on this website. She also enjoyed making colorful geometric designs which she turned into calendars for her family and friends.

Anne and I were married and in love for 43 years. To say she is greatly missed -- by me, and her passel of step- and grandchildren, as well as many friends -- is a massive understatement.

—Leonard Susskind