Per your comment to Marion about pets dying. I've lost both parents, several good friends, and various pets. I grieved most for one of the pets. It's not wether a creature was human that matters; it's how close we were to them, and I was with my last schnauzer everyday all day for nearly 17 years. Besides, pets need us in the way that children need us.
I am a painter living in the beautiful moutain town of Taos New Mexico.
Artist Statement:
I have been painting since I was eight years old when I declared to my mother that I wanted to be an artist. She promptly went out and bought me an oil set. Perhaps not the wisest choice for a child, but it got me started. I have been painting ever since and my way of working and what I paint has changed dramatically over the years. At this point in time I am working with mixed media on board and canvas. Nearly every image starts with a dream, either waking or sleeping. Other subjects that inform my work are literature and nature. Each painting is for me an adventure in color and texture,an exploration of joy and a way for me to get to know myself better. There is always a personal narrative and some hidden message that I am unaware of until it reveals itself in the finished piece. My paintings are about whatever is going on in my life at the time I am painting. My intention when I do a painting is to be true to my authentic voice and perhaps to open someone's heart and mind to all the possibilities around them.
Beautiful colors!
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Annie, I like this one best of what I've seen.
ReplyDeletePer your comment to Marion about pets dying. I've lost both parents, several good friends, and various pets. I grieved most for one of the pets. It's not wether a creature was human that matters; it's how close we were to them, and I was with my last schnauzer everyday all day for nearly 17 years. Besides, pets need us in the way that children need us.
I love all of these...and had trouble picking just one on which to comment!
ReplyDeletethis is wonderful, annie! i love the multiple crescent moons nesting in the waves...and all the rich texture and hinted images!
ReplyDeleteLovely work, Annie! I'm wondering how you got the texture/impasto effect in this piece.
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