Me with my daughter who loves her nose rings! (Taken in 2004)

Anna Kirsten are my two middle names!

Born in London, UK, too long ago to remember, I have lived a life with varied careers, including nursing, conveyancing, musicianship, and finally before retiring, I ran my own business as a locum medical secretary in various medical surgeries and hospitals.

I moved to Dorset in 1970 where I met and married my husband, Richard, who is a keen photographer. Together we compiled some of the first audio-visual productions in combination with other founder members of the Vision 70 section of Wimborne Camera Club.

My interest in art has always been high in priority for me, whether through photography, oil and water painting or, as has been the case for several years, in digital art. Art was one of my top subjects in my school years, always having various pictures of mine on display around the school rooms, but I didn't pursue it as a career as this was thought too "dodgy"! Hence I took up nursing instead! I am also a keen musician and between 1999 and 2002 I produced 5 instrumental meditational CD's, which are still on sale privately and are in use at various Christian centres throughout the UK.

Now that I have retired, I also unfortunately suffer from chronic debilitating illness, which has left me with little that I can do comfortably. For me, this has been digital art, using programs such as Photoshop, Paintshop Pro, Corel Painter, Apophysis and Ultra Fractal (for fractal work), and quite a few others, depending on my requirements at the time. I work extensively using a Wacom Intuos 3 pen and tablet.

During 2007 I took up watercolour painting and drawing again (after a 16 year break) and am delighted to find that I can do this in miniature style from a lap-tray for comfort, with a small table to hold my art materials and paints next to me!

There is also a section on this site which includes some of my personal poetry and writings in association with some of the images. (some are very deeply Spiritual in nature.)

Whilst many years of debilitation prevented me from actively pursuing photography, I'm delighted to say that more recently (2008) I have enjoyed slightly better health ('though fluctuating at times), and have been able to renew my enjoyment of this pastime.

The camera I used in the past was a Minolta Dimage A200 (and before that, various analogue cameras, including Minolta and Canon. However, I was given a Canon EOS 400D for my birthday and have been acquiring various lenses and filters since then. I still find it difficult to get over the difference (for the better) in the overall quality of this latest camera!

Most of the images from this site are available for printing and selling. If there is anything you see here that you would like further information about in that respect, please contact me at the e-mail address provided. (A guideline of prices can be found on the Prints and prices page.) Very high quality archival giclee prints are available in varying sizes from miniature through to A3 (or even A2 in a few cases), depending on the original resolution used when I created the images.

Finally, we are a Christian family who run a home-group, and are also believers in Creation by God, controversial as this is, yet to us it makes perfect sense. For the record, I'd also like to note here that towards the end of his life, Darwin himself is said to have excused his theories of evolution as the meanderings of a young enthusiast! His favourite book in those latter days, was the Book of Hebrews from the Bible! I have a feeling that the consequences of those early theories, which have now become religiously accepted world-wide, would have truly made him cringe! We never know what we become responsible for during our individual lives...

NOTE: All Photography and Digital Art shown on this site © AnnaKirsten/© Anna Kirsten (both names are interchangeable and refer to the same person). No illicit usage or copying is allowed under any circumstances without prior permission from Anna Kirsten.