Flying Pig Design is Ann's business at Flying Pig Farm. It encompasses fine art, web design, and lavender growing.

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Biography

The artwork of Ann Nunziata is inspired by the natural world around her. She is a self-taught artist who comes naturally to art after a career at Apple Computer. “I love color”, she says, “and it really is true that you look at things differently with an artists perspective.” Ann currently enjoys keeping travel journals and painting landscapes, flowers and animals in watercolor and pastel.

Ann has earned several awards for her paintings and cut flowers in the Napa Town Fair. She periodically exhibits at Napa Valley College and participates in local events such as the Napa Valley Museum "Take a Chance on Miniatures" and the Pacific Flyway at Mare Island. Ann is currently exhibiting in the First Street Gallery in association with the Napa Valley Art Association.

Ann studied botanical art with Catherine Watters, ASBA in the certificate program at the Filoli estate in Woodside, CA. She also credits local instructors in Napa Valley College Community Education. This last summer, she and her husband sailed their sailboat out the St. Lawrence River from Toronto to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

Ann received her BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. She also has studied ornamental horticulture and landscape architecture. She is an avid gardener and collects heirloom daffodils, roses, dahlias, and lavender. Ann lives with her husband on their farm in Napa. A regular on many tennis teams, she is also a member of the Napa Solano Audubon Society.