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Meet Anna Flynn
Artistic Journey
The enduring belief that creativity has the power to transform the way we see ourselves and the world around us is a driving force in all of Anna's work.
"Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people's" Anaïs Nin
Anna is an Irish artist whose work sits at the intersection of art, psychology, spirituality and the natural world.
Although creativity had always been a constant throughout Anna's life, she initially followed a more conventional path, completing a degree in Marketing, Innovation and Technology at Dublin City University. Throughout her studies Anna struggled significantly with her mental health which led to a bipolar disorder diagnosis. Throughout her journey in therapy which included a lot of reconnecting with her creativity, Anna began making sense of this chapter in her life. She slowly began switching from living an externally referenced life based on societal; expectations, conditioning and programming, to an internally referenced life, rooted in the authentic choices and values of her true self. After graduating, she found herself returning to the creative life she had imagined for herself, training as a yoga teacher and minding children while apprenticing with Irish artists Eoin O'Connor and Helen Steele.
Today, alongside running Clifton Lane Yoga Studio in Dublin with her mother, Mairead, Anna continues creating paintings that explore the beauty, complexity and wonder of the human experience. Her work will be on display each Sunday from September 2026 at the Merrion Square Art Market in Dublin city, where she will exhibit alongside some of Ireland's established and emerging artists.
Researcher George Land famously found that while 98% of five-year olds scored at a "genius" level for divergent thinking, by adulthood that figure had fallen to just 2%. Whether through education, expectation or the quiet pressure to fit in, many of us lose touch with the curiosity, imagination and creative freedom that once came so naturally.
Anna's work is an invitation to remember. Through colour, symbolism and storytelling, she hopes to reconnect people with the creativity, wonder and magic that have always existed within them.
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