The most difficult thing about Anne’s paintings is whether to label them Naive, Naive-Primitive, Folk Art, or Self-taught? She calls herself a self-taught, Naive-Primitive-Impressionist. Being French, of Celtic and Basque origins, she calls the United States, and France, home.
She follows in the tradition of self-taught, itinerant worker-artists. She shouldn't be confused with the many, wonderful, illustrator-painters, who, sometimes, successfully imitate the naive school. Many of these painters are neither self-taught, nor do they have the naive, innocence of spirit, that is at the heart of this school. It is this spirit of the artist that defines true Folk Artists, whether they are called Naive, Primitive, or Outsider.

Anne's favorite painters are the Douannier Rousseau, and the Impressionists. Collectors of her paintings often compare her to Grandma Moses. But, Anne's variety, of subjects and colors, and her skies, distinguishes her work from any other naive, folk artist, for collectors who are familiar with this world.
Calling someone “naive” nowadays, can be either a compliment, meaning-natural, native, simple and credulous as a child, ingenuous; or, a criticism, meaning-artless, lacking critical ability or analytical insight, lacking worldliness or sophistication. Ethnicity, Afro-American, Native American Indian, or Outsider, avoids any possibility of the negative implication of naive. However, would we call the Dalai Lama, or an Amish person, or a Native American Indian naive, because of their ontological beliefs, or the way in which they perceive the world? No, in this context, naive comes closer to a purity of spirit, and an innocence, though these qualities are, sometimes, thought of as being an undesirable quality in an adult.

Many gallerists and connoisseurs comment on the variation of colors and light in her paintings. Some think it is a mistake, from being self-taught. However, Anne explains that she travels a lot. And, the light isn't the same for all the places and subjects she paints. This skill is very unusual for a folk artist, confirmed when galleries sell the paintings to people who come from the country of the subject, or place, she paints.
Painters, like all artists, transform the world. Their reflection on life, expressed in their art, makes us perceive the world with renewed perceptions, new eyes. Our world transforms through our interaction with them: Because, they change how we think about what we see.
Seeing life from the heart, through simple, honest eyes, makes the world a simple, joyous place, full of moments that make life worth living. Even if the subject is not gay, if it is presented naively, the complexities, pains, and difficulties of life that we all experience. Once, in Anne’s former gallery in Paris, she presented them with a painting that represented her, and her former sister-in-law, meeting in front of the cemetery at Montparnasse. They had made a date to visit the grave of Anne’s former mother-in-law. The gallery’s reaction was, “Oh, my God, no! That’s not happy.” But, someone fell in love with it, and the painting sold within a week.
I wouldn’t confuse Naive, with stupidity, or artlessness. In Anne’s case, it is a conscious choice. In looking at Anne's work, we need to understand that Naive's are rebels, who refuse to learn to see the world the way people try to teach them to see it. Though, you can label her whatever you like, especially if you recognize her work, and her world.