Annie Wood
Hollywood, CA
My art is a love letter to the world, my exaltation to the WOW of it all.
MessageShe's Comfortable in Her Own Skin
Each work portrays figures who are unapologetically themselves: rooted, self-assured, weird and comfortable in their own skin. Through bold brushwork and layered composition, the series captures the energy and resilience of modern womanhood while inviting reflection on presence, confidence, and self-acceptance.
Woodโs work has been recognized on both national and international stages: her Dorothy Parker and Madam C.J. Walker art mannequins were featured in her 2020 solo exhibition Pardon Me While I Blaze Some Trails at The Mainstay Gallery, and her piece My New Pet Something or Other appeared in Women United Art Magazine in Summer 2025. This collection continues her exploration of women as vibrant, self-possessed, and indomitable.
Guided by Ghosts
Guided by Ghosts is a series where abstraction meets figures, faces, and energies that emerge through the layers of paint. Faces materialize within the movement, blending into the textures and colors, as if spirits or guides are revealing themselves in the act of creation. Each piece is an intuitive explorationโpart apparition, part emotionโallowing the unseen to take form. The result is a dreamlike, otherworldly presence that feels both ethereal and deeply connected, inviting viewers to find their own meanings within the ghostly whispers of the canvas.
For the Love of L.A.
In this evocative series, the artist celebrates Los Angelesโher hometown and perpetual museโwith a collection that captures the cityโs endless contrasts and vibrant energy. Drawing inspiration from the golden hues of sunset and the colorful chaos of its streets, she portrays L.A. as a living tapestry of resilience, dreams, and creativity. Each piece reflects the layered history, rich diversity, and untamed beauty of the city, inviting viewers to embrace its imperfections and the boundless stories woven into its fabric. This ongoing series stands as a heartfelt love letter to the city she calls home.
Abstracts
Emotion in motion. This collection explores the unseen, the unspokenโthe way feelings take form through color, texture, and movement.
Incognito
Ingognito is an art series that combines the photography with subtle, hand-embellished details. Each work begins as a photograph printed on canvas, portraying the artist (with the exception of Hollywood Bunny) in a kangroo mask on the beach. She set her camera on a tripod, set the timer to ran into place.
Around these central images, the artist adds embellishments by hand, enhancing the photographs without overpowering them. These embellishments invite a closer look, drawing the viewer into a playful interaction with the art.
Ready to hang, each piece in the series offers a blend of visual simplicity and imaginative charm, making them not only striking artworks but also inviting elements of any space.
Fierce Little Things
Fierce Little Things - small in size, but still hold the same energy and emotion you'll see in the larger works, just in a size that feels more personal and easy to live with. These pieces invite you in close โ they may be compact, but they make themselves known.
Wild Thing, I Think I Love You
Wild Thing, I Think I Love You is a collection that celebrates the animal spirit...fierce, free, and full of wonder. Each piece features an animal, nature, or humans that wild and free. I love how animals, trees and flowers, carry their own mystery and wisdom, and painting them feels like channeling that wild energy.
These works are about connection, instinct, and the untamed parts of ourselves that deserve to be loved too.
These works are about connection, instinct, and the untamed parts of ourselves that deserve to be loved too.
Wonderstruck
Wonderstruck is a series of artworks that revel in the awe, absurdity, and resilience of being human. Figures that are not idealized, they are radiant in their strangeness, sovereign in their presence, and alive with layers of story.
Claiming the Crown
I love incorporating symbols in my work: Hamsas, eyes, ladders, houses, and crowns appear again and again. For this series, I leaned into the crown as a symbol of strength, presence, self-love, and trusting your own power. And the idea of not waiting for someone else to crown you - you are the creator of your own self-authority.
This series will exhibit in the Startup Art Fair at the Kinney Hotel in Venice Beach - 2/27-3/1 in room 232.
Loolies
Annie Woodโs Loolies are wall figures that hold thoughts, feelings, and fragments of inner life. Each piece is titled from that space, something half-formed or remembered.
The name comes from a childhood memory, a song her mother sang to her when she was a baby,
โloolie, loolie, loolie,โ soft and reassuring. The feeling of safety, love, and comfort is what she wishes to pass on with these unique beings.
Loolies are made to live with you, offering a sense of presence and comfort.
