Not only is the Anne Lane Gallery one of the largest new contemporary art galleries on world famous Royal St in New Orleans La, It also serves as a safe haven for neglected , homeless and rehomed parrots of all species. We take great pride in producing sensational works of art in addition to providing the best possible living arrangements for parrots in need of a place to permanently perch. Stop into the gallery located at 1000 Royal St, in the heart of the french and meet our flock of fabulous feathered friends. Parrots & Painting, they both love to be seen.

The Anne Lane Gallery flock includes Kiwi the African lovebird, Ms.Trudy the Greater Solomon Islands Eclectus, Ms.Magnolia the Jenday Conure and Chi-Cha the Turquoise green cheek Conure .

Not pictured, Gumbo the Blue Quaker Parrot and Esme the Sun Coure. * They both refused to sit for the artist. Go Figure. lol.

Birds of a feather is currently on view at the Anne Lane Gallery, located at 1000 Royal Street in the heart of the French Quarter.

Please directly message us or call/text 504 908 6262 for additional details about this work of art.

Digital / Private viewings of this work or of additional inventory is available 24/7.

It feels like it’s somehow been both a day and several lifetimes ago that I packed up my van with two frenchies and a career’s worth of art with my mind set on New Orleans.

In reality, it’s been a year. Twelve months that have swept by with the type of whimsical fury unique to this wonderfully weird little town. Three hundred and sixty some-odd days of French Quarter strolling, Royal Street shopping. Of music wafting from the streets like fog upon the river. Calliopes and trombones and bucket drums— yes even the bucket drums.

It’s a little odd, and maybe quite mad to fall so ridiculously in love with such a ridiculous little city in such a small amount of time. But fall I have, and fall I will continue to do.

Perhaps, then, it’s natural that my painting style has evolved alongside my heart. Blooming like great, fragrant magnolia, I have become enamored with capturing the intoxicating essence of Louisiana.

I recently spent a weekend at Bonne Terre, a beautiful farm in Poché Bridge, Louisiana. It was a tranquil, breathtaking place— exceeding the expectations its name lends— Good Earth, indeed.

Most of my days on the farm were spent photographing the surrounding scenery and touring the Atchafalaya Swamp— dotted with egrets, herons, wood storks and the occasional alligator. There were abandoned tug boats and pirogues, tiny shacks jutting impossibly out of this river of grass. In the same way I love New Orleans for its chaotic, restless culture so too do I love the wildness of Louisiana’s great bayous. They defy the very notion of “tame.” Unwieldy and vast and filled with terrifying beauty.

I’m now back home, sitting on my balcony above the gallery, watching the red sun set slowly on Royal Street and all of its people. To the left of me are 15 blank canvasses— pictures attached to each from my time at Bonne Terre. I’m summoning all the energy this wonderful place has to offer in hopes that I can magick these memories— these untamable brambles— to life on canvas.

Stay tuned, friends. Onward we march.

We are happy to announce that Anne Lane Gallery will have two beautiful works of art available for auction at The Ogden Museum of Southern Arts “O What a Night Gala 2020”. This year there will be a live and silent auction taking place on Givery.us. The live auction will be held Saturday, October 17, 8-9 PM,
and the silent auction will be held Monday, October 12, 12 A.M. - Sunday, October 18, 5 P.M.
Our featured artwork for the auction is “Catfish NO 4” and “Day Trout” `
“O What A Night” supports The Ogden Museums educational mission to share the art and culture of the American South with the New Orleans community and beyond. It’s truly amazing to be apart of this amazing fundraiser and continue to inspire our community with Southern Art.
For more information on “O What a Night” please visit www.OgdenMuseum.org

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Wishing on a Crane, 2020

acrylic on canvas, 62 x 50 in., framed

In Japan, the crane is a symbol of good fortune and longevity. Fold 1,000 paper cranes and your wishes will come true.

I’ve spent the last two months at home in the French Quarter, painting my way through the pandemic and creating works that reflect the resilience of our natural world. View this collection in person at my gallery on Royal Street or online at annelanegallery.com

On January fourth, I opened my French Quarter gallery with a brave banner of hope and a loyal band of  well-wishers cheering me on. In the best economy of my life time , in my favorite city I have ever lived in, with a gallery full of brand new work inspired in and by my adopted new home, what could go wrong? 

Well no reason to answer that question as the whole wide world knows it. On March 18th the mandate came from the Mayor’s office to shut all non-essential businesses. So only two months in, I am closed for an indefinite future. The first week I went from panic to panic unable to focus or plan beyond walking my dogs - Frenchies, Picachu and Pucca -   through  the deserted streets of the French Quarter. This once happy routine became, like all other small pleasures of my pretty and artsy  life, surreal, grim and scary.  Ok. Time to get it together and shake off the weirdness.  My solution and salvation in times of distress has always been to try and paint something, anything. I set up my easel in my Royal Street courtyard and started. What I painted astonished even me.

On two large canvases I painted two big, black bears. I never ever painted a bear before. I wasn’t at all sure where this was going or why. Then a sort of idea hit me. Even though the world of human commerce had stopped and, with it, the world as we have experienced it , nature had not. Over the next three months I maniacally filled the canvases with wildflowers, bees, birds, trees, ants, rabbits, possums, turtles and butterflies. 

 I am often asked, "how do you know when a painting is finished?"  The  answer can be quite complex, but not in this case. There was just no more room for one more creature. I call these painting my Corona Bears. To me the bears symbolize a big, black presence moving through our world, like the Coronavirus. We have all heard the stories of how nature is experiencing a rebirth and a holiday of sorts. I find this truth very consoling. The power of nature to continue and push through all adversity inspires me to do the same. 

From Anne Lane Gallery to all the world, we are pulling for you! Be well.