As a young child Ann Teliczan moved from her birthplace in Los Angeles to a little farming community nestled against the western slopes of the Cascade mountains near the Canadian border. Her earliest memories are of being just as fascinated by the smallest detail in a wildflower as she was in the beauty of a worn out old shack or weathered tombstone. Ann saw beauty in overcast rainy days, a battle between brilliantly green grass and the ever hazy overcast world that would frequently envelop her family for weeks. She lived in a world of contrasts and contradictions.

Teliczan studied illustration, graphic design and photography as a student at William James College, a liberal arts college that emphasized philosophical thinking. There, she began exploring expressing herself with illustrations and hand colored black and white photography. Today Ann's creative energy marries the realism of digital captures, use of painting techniques and high tech archival printing methods on watercolor paper and canvas.