ANNA DITTMANN

Anna Dittmann’s childhood home – a Victorian house in San Francisco – is best described as “having character.” The decor: carnivorous plants, an assortment of percussion instruments and 75 wall-mounted deer skulls. The occupants: five children, lodgers from all over the world, and a chicken that was saved from the street.

Anna’s dad is a sign maker. He’s working away in his basement shop, where he also tinkers with “musical inventions.” He’s the one supplying her with sketchbooks, with tips to improve her drawing skills. But Anna’s first canvases were her bedroom walls.

“Personal work does take less of a priority these days, but commercial projects can be just as stimulating”

There’s no reason Anna couldn’t have grown up to be an accountant. She could have decided on a career in data entry. But the old Victorian place does seem a fitting childhood home for a budding