As I work my way through constant sensory overload, my enameling and metalsmithing pursuits explore ideas relevant to current brain-dominating subject matter. Frequent mind disturbances include nuclear power, planet degradation, imaginary space objects and creatures, molecular & cellular structures, mathematical pursuits, and all of their inter-connectedness. As a general rule, I am attempting to resolve the battle for brain dominance between chaos and geometry, expressing inner turbulence through abstract or geometric drawings.

Seeking to bear witness to a world scarred and degraded by abuses both vast and negligible, i invite the viewer into a space of speculation and hopefully, discussion. Perhaps from a very simplistic view, the world seems to boil down to a few “roots of all evil” and yet, in its own majesty, it is built on very sound mathematical principles. My work is a constant expression of how these “trouble spots” intertwine with all the beauty that geometry offers our planetary existence.

BIO

Anne has been an independent studio artist for 19 years, teaching 10-20 workshops a year and exhibiting in juried fine craft shows. Work is included in the permanent collection of the Enamel Arts Foundation as well as numerous private collections. Service is a critical part of my journey. I am a reformed CPA and now use my powers for good, as I like to say, explaining why the service on numerous boards of directors.

Recent accomplishments:

Contemporary Jewelry Design, by Loretta Lam, April 2020, Schiffer publication

The Art of Fine Enameling, Revisited, by Karen Cohen, November 2019, Globe Pequot Press publication

Presenter, ECU Symposium, January 2020

Juror, “Surface Matters: Grit or Gloss”, The Enamelist Society traveling exhibition, June 2020

Juror, Educational Endowment Scholarship, Society of North American Goldsmiths, May 2020

Permanent collection of Enamel Arts Foundation, Snail Mail Project, Jan 2019

Recent exhibitions:

Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD

The Art of Enamelling/The Enamelling Technique, The Technical Museum in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

Contemporary Enamel, traveled to Turkey, Italy, and North Carolina

Current Treasurer:

The Enamelist Society

Pocosin Arts

Enamel Guild North East

Current Board Member:

Society of North American Goldsmiths