Annie Halpin is a Chicago based oil painter and aspiring designer born in England in 2001, she was raised in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Annie has practiced art and painting the majority of her life and attended two years of undergrad at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Through oil painting and fashion design she uses her art as a passage to explore topics such as girlhood, sexuality, pleasure, harmony, and acceptance. Annie enjoys the therapeutic practice of art as an entity on its own regardless of the final piece. Currently working as a waitress in Chicago she uses her art practice as a peaceful offset to the busyness of the service industry and city life. Through struggling with a recent autoimmune disease diagnosis she turned to her art practice to cope and accept the challenges that come along with having a chronic illness. Annie hopes to continue to grow her art practice and bring others a sense of intrigue and peace by exploring her work and upcoming projects.