About the Artist

Annie Chu

Hi! I am a self-taught visual artist, with a focus on hand-illustrations using acrylic gouache and other paint mediums. I currently work from my studio in Toronto, Canada, but I also draw inspiration from and create from my other homes on Vancouver Island, and occasionally, Taipei, Taiwan.

I have always been a self-proclaimed artist, but the first iterations of Chu on This Studio started while I was in law school, when I would find a few precious weekend mornings to sit at an easel with a podcast and a few cups of coffee in between reading about tort law. The greeting cards were my first foray into creating products, largely driven by having a hard time finding cards I actually wanted to send to friends and family.

During the Pandemic, I found myself with true time to create, and launched Chu on This Studio with full gusto. Today, you can find Chu on This Studio products in retail stores and at events across Canada, and commissioned artwork in many loving homes.

Outside of the studio, you can also find me running the people-side experience at my law firm as the Director of Client and Lawyer Happiness, as well as eating and travelling through my culinary travel brand, Chu on This!