I investigate the essence of everyday experiences and circumstances, from the meaningful to the mundane. The unfinished nature of the images I created with mixed media serves to convey the pages of a treasured sketchbook that begs to be reworked, stripped down, layered upon and to be explored visually for context and meaning.
These images from my visual journals and the larger mixed media pieces are filled with personal introspection; the dissection of self-concept, private turmoil and individual dialogue. Existential themes and societal metaphors are confronted and questioned through a mess of paint, spilt wine, lace and figures. These elements are fighting for emphasis of the viewer’s eye, as well as in my mind.
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Ann Lawton has recently uprooted from her life-long Wisconsin heritage and has settled in the lush urban landscape of the Twin Cities. She received her Bachelors of Science in Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and her Masters of Science in Art Therapy from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee. Her studio is in Northeast Minneapolis.
These images from my visual journals and the larger mixed media pieces are filled with personal introspection; the dissection of self-concept, private turmoil and individual dialogue. Existential themes and societal metaphors are confronted and questioned through a mess of paint, spilt wine, lace and figures. These elements are fighting for emphasis of the viewer’s eye, as well as in my mind.
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Ann Lawton has recently uprooted from her life-long Wisconsin heritage and has settled in the lush urban landscape of the Twin Cities. She received her Bachelors of Science in Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and her Masters of Science in Art Therapy from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee. Her studio is in Northeast Minneapolis.
