The most dominant feature of Anita Toney's etchings is the rich diversity of color that is achieved through the use of the multiple plate color etching process. The larger work, mostly diptychs and triptychs, juxtaposes images inspired by her surroundings - natural and manmade. Other etchings grouped in series chronicle her travels locally and abroad. With colorful detail, she focuses on recreating a certain mood or moment both in and out of her home. Anita Toney has been extremely successful in appealing to collectors of fine etchings. Not only is she an accomplished, well-collected artist, her credentials  include over 25 years of teaching printmaking at the Fort Mason Campus of City College of San Francisco.

BORN: 1948, New York City, NY
EDUCATION: BFA cum laude, Syracuse University, 1970
MA, San Francisco State University, 1977
TEACHING: Printmaking, Fort Mason Campus and City College

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

The most dominant feature of my prints is the rich diversity of color that has been achieved through the use of the multiple plate color etching process. The inspiration for my images comes from an appreciation of my surroundings inside and out, near and far. The etchings emphasize natural and man-made patterns focusing on a certain mood or moment.

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY

Born in New York, NY, in 1948, printmaker Anita Toney earned a BFA at Syracuse University, and a MA at San Francisco State University. She lives and works in Fairfax, CA and has taught at City College of San Francisco since 1979. Recent exhibitions have included a Father/Daughter Retrospective at the College of Marin, CA , Landscape Real and Ideal at the Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum of California, Marinscapes Exhibit in Larkspur, CA and West Marin Wild Exhibit in Pt. Reyes CA. She has been a recipient of the Leo Meissner Prize from the National Academy and the American Arts Award from the Audubon Artists. A member of the National Academy since 1995, she has also been active as a set designer for youth theater productions as well as a volunteer art instructor in the public schools. In addition to exhibiting her own artwork, she has also curated several exhibits of paintings by her father, Anthony Toney, who died in 2004.