I am particularly interested in how cities are designed and the impact that urban planning has on our day to day lives. The vast majority of Canadians live in cities, in fact the majority of people worldwide now live in urban centres.  Cities are complex. They consist of many parts.  And like the mosaics that make up the body of my work all the pieces are interconnected.

Some of the topics I delve into include the Toronto waterfront redevelopment, urban densification, heritage preservation, and more recently, the isolation and loneliness experienced by a growing number of people as we increasingly live our lives online.

I use a wide variety of construction materials in my work including tile, metal, and glass. The materials are painstakingly cut, shaped and adhered to a wood base.  Each work typically takes months to complete. Many of the works are viewed from an aerial vantage point. Like maps this perspective affords a contextual view that makes the patterns and complexities inherent in urban land-use easier to see.

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I view each piece of work as a chapter in an ongoing visual story that examines and interprets issues that cities face. It's a story I began some thirty years ago with observations about urban design that interested me at that time. Some of those issues are still relevant today.

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Anne Winter has been a mosaic artist for over 20 years. In 2021 she was honoured to receive the Innovation Award at the Mosaic Artists of Canada exhibition held at the Art Gallery of Alberta. In 2019 her mosaic titled The amaWal Cube was a finalist in the Salt Spring National Art Prize, Salt Spring Island, BC. She is a past winner in the category of Best Painting at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Anne Winter is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and is based in Toronto.