MEET MORNING THYME

ARTIST, DESIGNER, MODEL, SEAMSTRESS, BARTENDER, ENTREPRENEUR, ILLUSTRATOR, CREATIVE.

THERE’S NOTHING THAT CAN HOLD THIS LOCAL MEMPHIS ARTIST BACK. SHE IS EFFORTLESSLY COOL. SHE IS ART.

FROM THE SMALL TOWN OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, ANA MARIE MANN HAS COME A LONG WAY TO TODAY AS A FREE LANCE ARTIST IN MEMPHIS, TN. BORN INTO A CREATIVE FAMILY, SHE’S BEEN MAKING THINGS HER WHOLE LIFE. HER DAD, A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST IN LITTLE ROCK AND HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHER, TAUGHT HER AND HER TWO SIBLINGS ALL KINDS OF ARTS AND CRAFTS GROWING UP IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM ENTERTAINED AND AWAY FROM TECHNOLOGY. HER MOM, A HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH TEACHER, THOUGH NOT ENTIRELY SUCCESSFUL, DID EVERYTHING IN HER POWER TO GET HER AND HER SIBLINGS TO BE AS MULTILINGUAL AS POSSIBLE. BOTH OF HER SIBLINGS GREW UP TO BE CREATIVE AS WELL, HER SISTER IS NOW AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED PAINTER AND HER BROTHER IS AN ASPIRING MUSICIAN.

ALONGSIDE SELF EMPLOYMENT, SHE WORKS FOR CROSSTOWN ARTS, A MEMPHIS ART NON-PROFIT IN CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE AT ART BAR, WHICH SERVES AS A GREAT LOCATION FOR NETWORKING WITH LOCAL AND VISITING CREATIVES. ANA MARIE SPENDS MUCH OF HER TIME DRAWING, SCREEN PRINTING DESIGNS, MODELING FOR CREATIVE SHOOTS, PHOTOGRAPHING FRIENDS AND CLIENTS, DESIGNING ONE OF A KIND CLOTHING, AND LIVING HER BEST LIFE. SHE LOVES TO SPEND HER TIME VISITING NEW PLACES, OFTEN WITH A VINTAGE FILM CAMERA AROUND HER NECK. SHE CONSIDERS HER VIEW OF THE WORLD UNIQUE, OFTEN NOTICING DETAILS MOST EYES OVERLOOK.

THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME ‘MORNING THYME’ IS ACTUALLY THE RESULT OF MANY YEARS OF NICKNAMELESSNESS AND NAME CORRECTING FOR ANA MARIE. THOUGH SHE ALWAYS INTRODUCES HERSELF TO NEW PEOPLE AS ANA MARIE, MANY CALL HER ANA (A PET PEEVE) SINCE ANA MARIE IS ACTUALLY HER WHOLE FIRST NAME. SHE BEGAN TELLING PEOPLE TO CALL HER ‘A.M.’ AS A WAY TO PREVENT THIS, WHICH LED TO A FRIEND AND COWORKER STARTING TO CALL HER ‘MORNING TIME’ WHICH STUCK. THOUGH SHE CHANGED IT TO ‘THYME’ LIKE THE HERB, SHE NOW USES THE PSEUDONYM MORE OFTEN THAN HER NAME.