Anne Faith Nicholls was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1979 with a backwards heart. After open heart surgery, Anne moved with her mother to Seattle where she was raised an only child. Anne credits these early experiences, as well as her upbringing, as the foundation and fuel that transformed her affinity for art into a necessity for expression. Themes of uncertainty, loneliness, urban chaos, flight, and growth can be identified by recurring images, symbolism, and characters within all of Anne's paintings. However, these themes are usually masked by her whimsical and untraditional painting techniques which she frequently switches up. Inspired by antiques, photography, nature, art, books, history, and animals, Anne paints with both oils, inks and acrylic on traditional canvases, wood and found objects. She also sculpts, shoots, builds, sews, knits, and draws.

Anne formally pursued her interests in school at Seattle Pacific University, and later graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco with a bachelor of Fine Art in Illustration. She has received national recognition and awards for illustration, fine art, and advertising design. Currently the Anne resides in San Francisco and continues to exhibit her art in galleries around the country.