About Anne

Award-winning artist Anne Nordhaus-Bike paints colorful, joyful watercolors inspired by nature. She also makes mixed media art.

Anne’s art has appeared in numerous solo and group shows as well as many arts programs, presentations, and performances. Her work has been published in periodicals and books; covered in numerous print and online publications; and featured in broadcast media, both on television and in feature films.

She received a degree in art history, with honors, from the University of Chicago and went on to launch a fine arts column that ran for two decades in the Gazette Chicago newspaper, where she served in various capacities since the newspaper’s founding in 1983. She joined Gazette Chicago’s board of directors in 2004, serving until the paper closed in June 2024. She founded her multimedia arts firm, ANB Communications, in 1993.

A member of the prestigious Woman Made Gallery in Chicago since 1998, she launched her book, Follow The Sun, with a book signing at Woman Made in 2012; the book includes more than a dozen of her original watercolors. Among her many awards and honors, she was named to the National Women’s Hall of Fame’s Wall of Fame.

Anne lives with her husband Bill and cat Sterling in Chicago, where she makes art and enjoys cooking, tai chi, and time in nature.

More Information

For a detailed look at my art career, check out my Art Biography and Curriculum Vitae. It presents all my many doings over several years in the worlds of art, writing and journalism, and public speaking.