ANNE MCLAUGHLIN

• Exhibition:
• Without Reservations
• Cones 'n Tones

Artist Statement

My images are my identity, my finger print on the world. Capturing nature’s synergy on paper inevitably challenges me to interpret subtleties of colors, light and shadow, design and shape. My art is an extension of a love for nature and a belief that imagination has no limits even with the simplest of subjects. I hope my prints will help viewers look at the face of a pansy, a slice of watermelon or the star filled night sky and see colors, shapes and beauty the viewers never noticed.

Presently, I am fascinated by reduction woodcuts — not just the designing and carving process, but the array of colors in something as common to us as a tomato. For me woodcut ink “mixology” is much like mixing oil paint. In contrast, I create the range of colors in my etchings with multiple plates overlaying transparent inks.

Printmaking is a mesmerizing art form that requires adherence to process while allowing for infinite avenues for creativity. It is my Zen when I need the “Earth to Anne” call.