Annelies Clarke trained as an artist first at the Rotterdam Academy of Art and then at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence. She moved from Italy to Brighton in 1980. She paints in oils and watercolours, and designs and makes stained-glass windows. She is a member of the Fiveways Artists Group, the association of Brighton artists which pioneered the Open House exhibitions during Brighton's arts festival in May each year. She accepts a small number of portrait commissions each year.

For some more information about Annelies' work and career, please click on the link to the Fivesways Artists Group's own website.