I collect clothes from resale shops. The coat was too expensive and designed for Paris weather. I visited “my” coat several times. Kimono cut, loose woven wool, perfect fit. Hard to leave it behind… So, I drew it. Another form of ownership.

I tailored the coat to my wish with colors, prints, words, more prints. I customized each piece of clothing in the show, to be my own and all about me. With time, as I worked on the many designs and screens, I discovered that they didn’t happen by chance. Many unexpected memories found their way between layers.

Anne attended the École Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques Penninghen in Paris. She received her Master’s Degree in Art History from the Sorbonne and her PhD from Northwestern University. She works at her home and in local studios. Anne draws inspiration from her encounters with people, books, objects, landscapes, events, and passing thoughts.

I treasure overlooked details. They carry big worlds and make them almost manageable.

They show loss through the beauty of what is left and joyful. The immeasurable abundance of life, and my ignorance of most things in it, alarms and dazzles me; with infinite layers, lines, and colors. 

Printmaking has allowed me to create a library of designs that can transfer across a variety of media. In my case, ceramics and textile. Designs can be mixed, reused and altered. They are friends, markers and narratives in time. The designs transfer between media seamlessly. 

For me, printmaking is fast and exuberant, or slow and contained just as writing is. I see no difference. 

These art forms share paper and ink. They delight me with the slight but indelible transformation created when ink presses on the white surface of the paper. 

Throughout my cheerful, blind walk across artwork, printmaking gives me an illusion of perennity.