Anne Gable Allaire is a full time professional artist living in Kennebunk, Maine. She began drawing and painting at an early age, pursuing drawing and painting classes and entering art competitions.

After graduation from high school, formal education includes Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa (1963-1964); a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska (1964-1967) with majors in Interior Design and Painting. Continuing Fine Arts Education includes classes in pastel an oil painting at the Portland School of Art (now the Maine College of Art), Portland, Maine (1987-1989).

Allaire's professional background includes working from 1968-1974 as an Interior Designer. After college graduation, she worked as the head of the Interior Design Department of an architectural firm in St. Paul, Minnesota; then, as a member of several design firms in the Detroit, Michigan area. All of these firms specialized in corporate and commercial interiors. Responsibilities with these firms included interior design work as well as consulting with, and placing artwork in, offices, hospitals, banks and corporate offices around the United States.

After moving to Maine in 1979, Allaire's interior design consulting continued, and her interest in painting was renewed. While pursuing painting again, she worked as the Assistant Director of River Tree Arts, a non-profit community arts organization in Kennebunk, Maine (1995-1997). Now she volunteers as a member of the River Tree Arts gallery committee, and is also a member of numerous art organizations.

Allaire now paints full-time. She has painted with pastels since the age of 12. Although she has worked in oils, pen and ink and pencil, she loves pastels and is currently working with them exclusively. Her paintings are in numerous corporate and private collections around the United States.

Professional Associations:
'Master Pastelist'-Pastel Society of America
signature member-Pastel Painters of Maine

Connecticut Pastel Society
Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod
Maine Women in the Arts
Art Guild of the Kennebunks