I don't know where to begin: 

• the immigrant - with her late husband from South Africa in 1952
• the artist - a member of the Israel Artists Association who has taken part in many exhibitions
• the person - far ahead of the times in her awareness of ecology and the environment, expressed in her art, paintings, wall hangings and soft sculptures.

Visiting her home in Ashkelon was an experience - as someone called it, 'An Aladdin's Cave.' It is a gallery of her paintings - themes of nature, especially trees, collages, wall hangings, life-size dolls using every material imaginable in her recycling.

I had known her late husband Dr. Archie Bloch many years ago. He specialized as a pediatrician for five years at Tel Hashomer, and was then sent by the director, Dr Sheba,

to Ashkelon in 1957, where he pioneered the mother and baby clinics (tipat halav) in the Western Negev's immigrant towns such as Sderot and the moshavim. This was before a hospital existed there, and eventually he was a doctor at Barzilai Hospital. Anne has lived in Ashkelon ever since.

Creativity is Anne's second name. I especially liked her hat stand, an integral part of her kitchen. Here is a quote from a review of an exhibition called 'Lama Kova' (Why a hat?) at Hankin Museum in Holon in 2006 - “the colorful creations with humor and fantasy were inspired by a need to escape a little from the constraints of life in Israel … the hats, some of them lit up with electricity, received a warm response from viewers”.

Here are some quotes of Laura Sanderson's impressions after a visit to Anne's home with the Ashkelon ESRA group: 'It is an experience one doesn't expect in a small town. What is remarkable is that Anne actually resides amongst her works of art, her tapestries, the life-size dolls depicting Anne's life and interests - showing her affinity for textiles and patchwork quilting which all showcase her love of color, texture and form. There is a beautiful caftan featuring bits of cloth from their wedding. The pièce de résistance however, is a wall hanging inspired by her mother's admonition “Money doesn't grow on trees”. Anne's interpretation is a large wall hanging of a tree with green and silver leaves made from cloth. To each leaf is attached a silver lira, long since out of circulation, which her mother had saved.

Anne is a small smiling lady (who wears hats). She is over 80, with lots of personality, and is part of the fabric of life in Ashkelon, When her children grew older she taught art to children, with no professional training but an infectious enthusiasm. Today she volunteers at a school, teaching English through songs. Her credo is to work with passion and with spontaneity. She says her work may seem childish or naive, but through it she tries to express her true feelings directly with humor and pathos.