Cod   Guide  and   other periodicals.  A-Plus Magazine and the Cape Cod Times have both done featured articles on Ms. Winstanley Roark and her photographic art.  In 2005 American Art Collector featured her as the only photographer in an article entitled “Twenty Leading Ladies of Art”.

Ms. Winstanley Roark has exhibited in numerous shows including the Museum of Natural History, Cape Museum of Fine Arts, “Cummaquid Fine Arts Figure Show”, C3TV's "Cape Cod Photographer’s Show" and as an invitational artist at the "Women Creating - A Celebration of Cape Cod Women” with her photograph "Sitting With Minerva" selected as the centerpiece for this exhibition catalog.  Cape Cod Times media reviewers said her photographs of the nude were "powerful" and "the glowing skin colors" create a "highly sensuous" mood.  "Here, nature and the female body often meet to create powerful, riveting images that seem to reach across time."

In 1995, Ms. Winstanley Roark and her husband, Robert K. Roark, opened their own gallery in Brewster, MA.  In 2002, with a growing demand for more room, and with a desire to add new artists to the roster, they relocated the gallery to Dennis, MA, to the larger and beautifully restored old Sea Captain Levi’s home.

So, what is it that distinguishes a fine art photograph?  For Anita Winstanley Roark that difference is how the quality of light that’s available is used.  Anita Winstanley Roark’s photo ink prints are explorations of light and form.  She states that she "prefers to use natural light to paint photographic images that explore our relationship with nature." 

With rich colors and bold compositions she creates landscapes and figurative works that are visual poetry.  Her figurative works focus on using light to contrast the textures and repetitive shapes found in nature and her models.  These moving figurative statements create a sense of energy that empowers the female form and displays its connection to nature. Her fine art photographs are intermingled with sharply focused yet sweeping images of landscapes and nudes that display a classical feel. 

Striving to create an intimate and a uniquely painterly quality to her photographs, Ms. Winstanley Roark has chosen to print her images as limited edition photo ink prints on archival paper.  After mounting her work on museum board she uses a special hand painted process that she has developed that protects them from damage while eliminating the need for UV glass or mats. 

Ms. Winstanley Roark states that "my objective is to capture, in direct images, the voluptuous quality of light and shapes that would ordinarily be missed in the rush of everyday life. I love to stop and reflect upon the beauty of this world and our place in it, and to share this beauty with others."