ANNE-MARIE ZANETTI BIO

Anne-Marie Zanetti is a self-taught, award-winning Australian artist whose luminous oil paintings blend the precision of photorealism with a deeply emotional undercurrent. Her works are held in galleries and private collections across Australia and internationally.

She came to painting later in life, in her early 40s, driven by a deep need to explore and express the vast spectrum of human emotion. That personal journey continues to shape her creative path today.

Anne-Marie feels most inspired when she's fully present—vulnerable, open, and attuned to both the outer world and her inner landscape. Whether it's the theatrical mess of a smashed watermelon or the emotional intensity in a portrait, her work is bold, rhythmic, and alive with feeling. Each painting is a quiet invitation to pause and notice beauty in the overlooked and ordinary—to reconnect with wonder, awe, and a sense of the sacred.

That search for meaning comes from lived experience. At 17, Anne-Marie gave birth to a daughter and, under difficult and private circumstances, placed her for adoption. The impact of that decision has reverberated through her life. Grief, loss, love, and the complexities of motherhood continue to shape both the woman and the artist she’s become.

Now joyfully reunited with her first daughter—and a proud grandmother—Anne-Marie considers her life deeply blessed. She’s also the mother of two more wonderful children and married to a man who shares her sense of love, art, and adventure.

Art, for Anne-Marie, is more than a profession. It’s a way of reclaiming and transforming. Every painting peels back another layer, giving form to moments that might otherwise go unspoken. Her practice is both an emotional reckoning and a celebration of what it means to feel deeply, love fully, and witness the beauty tucked into every corner of life.