The positive aspect of the weather cooling off is that it will be easier to stay inside and work both on my art and blog. That is the one good thing about living in a place where it gets cold in the winter. It makes for a natural rhythm of working and playing. Summer for play and winter for working.
A Passion for Bending and Twisting
This was my first piece of metal art. The one that started my passion for metal sculpture. I have not stopped since. Now my house is so full I am running out of room for my family.
A Dialogue Between Imagination, Curiosity, Imperfections and Desires
Each part of my life as an artist fuels the other parts, and together they nourish my spirit. Most of all, I am inspired by art, mixed media photography, and the art of learning. Currently, I use an old broken view camera with light leaks and dry rot in the bellows, and I develop my own film .
Are You Sure You’ve Been Nice?
How do you tell your boss that he looks like Santa Claus, and that you want to paint his portrait? In the end, my compulsion to create the painting was greater than my fear of offending him.
Closed Eye – Continuous Line and Opposite Hand Techniques
My classes are not about painting a specific thing or outcome. The focus of my workshops is how we create – that is what is important. The techniques can be applied to any style of creation as well as living life..
A Nod to the Newfoundlander’s Sense of Humour
The inspiration for my work is rooted deeply within Newfoundland’s sublime landscape. I begin my work with the ideas of movement, light and texture with strong lines and vibrant colors as vital elements within the piece.
A Painting For All Seasons
Anne’s paintings bring the everyday, the familiar into sharp focus for the viewer to experience in new way. Everyday items, a vista, a flower, become an opportunity to slow the senses and appreciate their beauty and simplicity.
Logic of Light
The process of painting, for me, is a continual search for balance between all opposite elements; not too bright – not too dark, not too colourful – not too gray, not too cluttered – not too barren, not too strong – not too weak, not too controlled – not too free.
An Obsession with Art Shoes – Real or Fantasy?
Each shoe represents a fantasy, and exotic place, and ancient time, a modern dream interpreted in bronze details that suggest fine beading, twisted horns, curling feathers, ribbons and bows, wings, sea creatures, the fur bootie of an Icelandic princess …
Soul Searching, Gratefulness, Nature and Prayer
Paintings that reflect individual soul searching, gratefulness, connecting to one another through nature and prayer. Although no religion is reflected in the paintings, viewers share a spiritual oneness. There is always a consistent flow of Aboriginal touches that reflect off each image.