101 - "Remnants #60," Erin Anfinson, Value: $200

101 

Title: "Remnants #60"

Artist: Erin Anfinson  

Media: Encaustic and Paper

Dimensions: 10" x 8"

Value: $200

"This series features small, improvisational, origami-like collage forms created from manipulated pieces of encaustic-infused rice and tissue papers. The series began with the otherwise practical intention of reusing scrap materials but has evolved into something more meaningful and representative of an interest in science, nature, memory, and narratives of ecosystems in flux. These abstract compositions are the result of an exploration of how encaustic-infused paper can be manipulated through layering, cutting, folding and the use of heated tools. My goal is for these non-representational compositions to reflect a suspended state of evolution as one form shifts to become another."

Erin Anfinson is associate professor of art at Middle Tennessee State University where she teaches drawing, design, and digital art courses in the Foundations program. Her encaustic-infused paper works and animated films are often inspired by an interest in science, conservation, natural history, and narratives of ecosystems in flux. She was a National Park Service artist-in-residence twice: in 2017 at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch, Iowa and in 2018-19 at Stones River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro, TN. Both residencies profoundly impacted her studio practice, resulting in the creation of works that reflect on the discovery, awareness and loss of diminishing native ecosystems. Anfinson exhibits her work nationally and internationally in galleries, museums, and film festivals, including the Gadsden Museum of Art (Gadsden, AL), The Frist Museum (Nashville, TN), and the Krakow International Green Film Festival (Krakow, Poland). She received several awards and grants from organizations including the International Encaustic Artist organization and the Tennessee Arts Commission. In addition to her creative work and research, she also regularly teaches mixed media encaustic workshops at Arrowmont.

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