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From Sea to Shining Sea, 2020. Mixed media on wood.
I often think about how to fall short in a painting. I adorn my paintings with glitter
and ornaments but they also have sticker clouds and tiny thumbprints pressed
into clay. The work shifts between being sweet and cartoon-like to sinister and
irreverent. Astronauts are dying or becoming evil, the devil losing and regaining
power from the astronaut, and my dog Bailey (RIP) somehow God. These things
come from grappling with the news and politics, environmental issues, feminism,
and my personal relationships. The use of my name boldly written on the surface,
interesting in that Anna is a palindrome and Berlin a location, but also trying to
claim ownership and space within the painted object and perhaps beyond it.
Self Portrait (Towel), 2020. Mixed media on towel.