Growing up Artist Ann Duffy loved painting. As a young adult, she went to art school and loved it. Ann received her fine arts training at Laguna College of Art and Design. Her favourite childhood memory related to art was when she would draw and paint with her grandmother. This lead Ann on a path to the world of art. Ann's favourite medium is watercolor "I love when the colours flow into each other creating new washes." Ann uses nature and wildlife to explore themes within her art. The movements that most influenced Ann were Impressionism and Art Nouveau.