Anne Blaich has drawn since childhood. She was born 1979 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany, and raised in the countryside. When she left school, she first studied biology. Ten years, a Dr. titel and a couple scientific publications later, she was back to artworks and started courses in illustration and photography.

She says she never planned to be an artist, it just happened. A small dormouse appeared in the woods one morning in front of her, stayed for a few seconds and then disappeared again. She decided to stay home from work and write a story about it, which became her first book, Wolpertinger, Boandlknacker, Hölldeixl – Luggi und die Fabelwesen der Alpen.

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Her work sits on bookshelves, to be opened, held, enjoyed and hopefully loved by people in many different countries. The stories may need translating, but the pictures speak for themselves.

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Anne says about her work:

Art lets you put your life on pause. I use pens and photos to fill this pause with stories -

to laugh, cry, think about.