Article by Michael Davis · OneEleven Living · June 30, 2026
“I met Anne Bedrick inside her Cathedral City warehouse studio on a warm desert afternoon, where light filtered across concrete floors and half formed figures seemed to hover between presence and memory.”
In this studio visit, Davis explores the relationship between Bedrick’s paintings and figurative sculptures, and how gesture and material express the emotional complexity of human connection.
The feature introduces her artistic background, from her BFA at the University of Michigan to her studies in Florence, before looking beyond the studio to her role in the desert arts community. It highlights her work as a co-founder of Desert Open Studios and her contributions to The Perez Art District and the Truck Stop Art Fair.
At the heart of the conversation is a recurring motif in her work: hands. Across painting and sculpture, they become expressions of connection, vulnerability, protection, and power.