Anne Sanger
Kingston, New York
An abstract artist forged in the fire of a long career in fashion, I am now set free.
MessageA Dream of Tangerine
A group of adventurous "modern floral" paintings using a base of lilac, lavender, creamy yellow and deep blue on linen, overlaid with a flourish of tangerine orange.
Arte Povera
This group of collages using painted Kraft paper and recycled materials (the detritus of my Amazon shopping habit) was conceived as a way to assuage guilt over the monstrous amount of waste created daily by online shopping. In the tradition of Arte Povera (or "poor art"), the Italian avant garde art movement of the 1960s, I have purposely used leftover materials from the boxes and envelopes used by online retailers to ship goods. Combined with the use of paint left from other works-in-progress, this was an exercise in making fine art from humble materials, with a 21st century spin on the concept.
Child’s Play
A group of paintings completed in November 2023 and created during a time when the world feels like it’s descending in to complete chaos. These paintings have a childlike spirit, created using primary colors, finger painting and stick figures to emulate the way children make art. It was at once freeing and essential to create new works in this spirit of play and with a sense of joyful abandon.
Encyclopedia Botanica
In Encyclopedia Botanica, the artist plays witness to how light and color transform the familiar landscape. Inspired by the impressionistic sensibilities of Claude Monet, these canvases capture the fleeting sensations of summer - foliage shimmering in hues of blue and green, filtered through memory of her earliest exposure to art: learning about Monet and Impressionism. That sense of discovery, safety, and familiarity continues to reverberate through these latest paintings.
