About
ARTIST STATEMENT
Angela’s work tells a visual story of looking at a particular subject in a particular time of day in a specific light — observing her subject in a collective way, taking time to see and understand. She has been engaged in actively pursuing an evolving visual understanding of the landscape for the last three decades. Working from the figure is also a regular part of her practice. She works in a variety of mediums including painting in acrylic and gouache and printmaking. Her studio is in Leelanau County, MI; she has a BFA in Painting from Indiana University. Her work is held in collections public and private.
ON MAKING ART…
The visual language of landscape is one that we most fundamentally share. Sky, trees, water: these are some of the most basic visual concepts that structure our perception of reality. But for all the commonality in these concrete objects, for each of us the experience of seeing is slightly different, being inevitably inflected by the perception of the observer.
As a perceptual artist, I translates my observations of nature into a personal dialect of color, shape, line and light, layers that both describe and negate subject matter. Using this unique language, I evoke more than a landscape in my atmospheric work, imbuing it with added purpose and clarity of vision.
My work typically moves from a depiction of concrete details into an intensified geometry, pushing toward abstracted shapes that are reminiscent of known forms but that have a purpose in the artwork other than merely describing that known form.
While my work is direct and confident, I also take risks regularly and remains open to accident and creative chance. Contained in the open space between communication and doubt, my work is in a constant state of evolution.
STUDIO
My studio is at the Cedar North complex in Leelanau County, Michigan. Surrounded by meadows and pastures, goats and a lovely cow named Eleanor, it's a place of beauty and inspiration. I welcome studio visits by appointment.
Cedar North Studio | 2312 E Kasson Road, Cedar, MI
STUDIO VISITS BY APPOINTMENT
231 631 5079 or email
Angela
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL
SELECTED EVENTS/EXHIBITS
2022: Guest Artist/Printmaking Tusen Takk Foundation, MI
2021: Painters Printing residency, Miller Beach Arts & Creative District, IN
2019: In the Quiet: solo exhibition, Hudson Gallery, OH
2019: As Shade to Sun: solo exhibition, Vivid Art Gallery, IL
2018: Pulse: The Human Narrative: group figurative exhibition, Hudson Gallery, OH
2018: Rock, Cashmere Sweater: collaborative exhibition with Carol C. Spaulding, The Provincial, MI
2018: Night Slips in Around the Edges: solo exhibit, Glen Arbor Arts Center, MI