Annie has had some major disruptions in the presentation of her work recently. She had the opening of a show of new work at the 32 Lakes Coffee Roasters Shop on the main street of Powell River just as the Pandemic was ramping up. Things are on hold there. She has five works in a virtual show called Earth: An Abstract at the Port Angeles Art Gallery in Washington State. Joshua and Annie are doing an Artist in Residence in Lund this summer and we are hopeful that this will go ahead.
I love the painting shown above, Uncertainties & Peace, in the collection A Shifting Landscape 2020. Annie says of this Covid time, “I’m still painting West Coast daydreams, but some of these pieces are more frenetic and less stable. Some are apocalyptic and some are post apocalyptic, serene after the dust has settled.” The first thought that came to my mind was one from my childhood. I was fascinated by the way that prairie rivers create Oxbows, the meandering water cuts into the landscape in long looping waves relentlessly reshaping the land.
Annie has taught us a new appreciation for the abstract, for the opening it creates in our own imaginations as we interact with color, shape, form and design, how our interior life is interacting with our exterior life, and especially how we in fact have an interior landscape that is impacted by the actual worlds we live and move in. Meander your way through Annie’s art. And think about all artists today. Think about supporting one with an encouraging note. Download some music. Buy a piece of art with all that money you’re not spending on gas.
Annie's website https://annierobinson.art/