Annette Back

Across New York’s rooftops and storefronts, custom imagery quietly anchors businesses and homes in color. Annette Back channels that quiet power into portraits, sketches, and murals for clients who want their vision told in bold lines and muted tones alike. Another kind of city storytelling, this time straight from a studio where brushstrokes define distance.

Head west on Bleecker before the West Village turns residential, then duck under the sign that reads 11 Bleecker Street, Studio 3E. Co-ops and cafes give way to a brick row that smells faintly of espresso after 8 a.m., a block where late afternoon shadows pool across fire escapes without fanfare.

The studio keeps the Artist’s number on a small card taped beside the landline—dial direct for estimates or meet by the buzzer marked 3E. Callers request everything from monogrammed storefront decals to ten-foot-tall music icons using only grayscale and one accent hue.

Drop an email instead and she’ll reply with sketches before the first coat dries, or scroll the map for directions south of Houston where the street grid tightens again behind you. Bleecker cuts east like a scarf loop, looping noise into calm by 4 p.m. on most days.