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Ann Lindsay
P.O. Box 368 | Petersburgh,
NY
12138
Phone: 518-658-2960 |
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Ann Lindsay was born in Chicago
and received her formal art training at Pratt Institute in the late
60's. Upon moving to Petersburgh, NY in 1970 she established Ann Lindsay
Pottery and for 15 years created pieces that were carried in major
craft galleries and shops throughout the country. Feeling an increasing
need to work more directly in color and to express the beauty she
saw in a more representational way, she began to paint during the
slow seasons. Studying with Jack Flynn, AWS for 2 years, she made
the transition from potter to painter and had her first one-woman
show in 1989. "Watercolor has always called to me. I am fascinated with its inherent qualities--it's transparency, the almost explosive reaction between pigment and water, the play of light and color...I love the dialogue, the back and forth -- I do this, it does that, and always I am listening, learning when to hold on....when to let go......I don't think of myself as controlling it. It's more of a dance. And I love where I am when I paint--at that place where "the thou" and I come together." It is that place, that connection - and the sharing of that experience that inspires Ann's approach to teaching. "It's wonderful to experience that one-ness and then to express our response to it. It's a form of meditation - a form that is joyful, playful. And our lives are that much richer if we are able to "speak" art, even if it is just playing with color or sketching a little in our journal, or taking a pocket paint set along on our holiday". Visit her website: http://www.annlindsay.org |
