The Art and Inner World of Anne Mei Poppe

There is quiet comfort in recognising that we are all, in some way, connected. That the emotions we carry, however private, are never singular. We are woven into something larger. We met with artist Anne Mei Poppe in her Amsterdam studio to discuss self-expression, connection, and what drives her to paint. 

Read on to discover how her inner world comes to life through colour, form, and feeling. 

"The way you carry yourself, and the way you think about yourself, and your energy, that all comes from the inside. To me, that’s true beauty."

- Anne-Mei

Based in Amsterdam and a community member of the LIV universe, Poppe is a painter of feelings; of relationships, moments, memories, and their invisible threads. Her work lives on the threshold of the figurative and abstract. Shapes flow like conversations, colours move with energy, and space holds the softness of memory. ‘The main theme in my work has always been connection,’ she says. ‘Showing how the lives of loved ones are connected, how we are connected to nature. Maybe that comes from a fear of losing it someday, of not having that connection.’

Poppe paints intuitively, building and breaking down layers, not to tell a definitive story, but to unearth her own. ‘I’m not interested in telling the truth,’ she explains, ‘but more in telling my truth, my inner world, my feelings.’ Each brushstroke becomes a tender act of translation, a way to map what is deeply felt but difficult to name. She describes the process as a form of trust, ‘If you trust the painting, and trust your feelings, the painting often knows how to finish itself.’ It reminds us that beauty isn’t always about what is visible; it is also a way of being.

To engage with Anne Mei Poppe’s paintings is to be invited into a shared emotional space where you are not asked to understand, but to feel.

To slow down. To witness the way connection shows up: in colour and in movement. Her work is a gentle mirror, reflecting the truth that we are never really alone.

It was joyful to witness Anne in her studio, expressing herself, telling her story through paint and canvas. A true privilege to have her translate that same spirit into a limited number of hand-painted The Body Oil bottles, created especially for the LIV community; a meeting of two worlds, brought together to create something rare, tender, and lasting.