ABOUT THE ARTIST | capriccioarts

Welcome! I’m Anne Black, a polyartist active in Boston, MA and Eastport, ME.

After forty years as both a professional violist and visual artist, I marvel at the multi-layered tapestry of music and art that continues to shape my life. My artwork emanates from moments of wonder: ever-changing water and sky, tiny worlds inside a waterdrop, abstract shapes and textures, the play of light and reflection revealing multiple viewpoints at once. Photography was my first love and remains the anchor of my creative process — a sketchpad that gathers impressions I explore in painting, drawing, printmaking, digital montage, and collage.

I’ve always been drawn to creative play, music, and the outdoors. My childhood nearsightedness taught me to cherish small details and blurred washes of color, and hearing a violin for the first time at age eight opened another lifelong path.

“Music brain” and “Art brain” dance constantly in my work as I move from interpreting and performing music in a vast array of styles to creating my own visual forms, marks, color-spaces and rhythms. I cherish the synergy that allows my voice to offer the soul of each work to the listener or viewer.

Capriccio Arts (“kuh-pree-chee-oh”) reflects that spirit. A capriccio can be a free-form composition, whimsical, playful, or unexpected. It captures my love of spontaneity, layered meaning, and a touch of mischief. Across mediums, I’m drawn to moments of awe, whimsy, delight, and the full sweep of human emotion — yearning, joy, connection, and sometimes grief. My hope is to spark connection and celebrate both our common threads and our unique differences.

I work out of my studio in West Concord, MA, and since 2018 have lived part-time in Eastport, ME, where I joined the Eastport Gallery and opened my seasonal Capriccio Arts Studio and Gallery in 2024. The rugged coast, the dramatic light, and the deep sense of history here offer endless inspiration. I’m grateful to be creating in both places — and excited to see what unfolds.

Rising 2019