Lea Anderson, TEARPOURS, mixed media, 24x24
Item Number: 44
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Lea Anderson, TearPours, mixed media, 24x24
I have contributed to the Harwood Art Center 12x12 show for several years now and I am also an instructor at the Harwood Art Center. This piece is called TearPours (like tearing paper), but I also like the other pronunciation of it as TearPours (like tears when you cry). I began this piece by tearing paper, gluing it down, and then pouring paint in various configurations on the surface and then I react to those decisions that I originally made by adding different media and texture and refining and bringing the piece to a point of culmination.
When I compare that process to a life situation, I feel that its similar to having unexpected events occur, potentially tragic situations, or difficult situations that you don't expect and then somehow you work with those and figure out how to make sense of them in your own life.
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Lea Anderson, a San Diego native, is an active member of the Albuquerque art community and has discovered much during her adventures in the dramatic, colorful, and wild desert environment. She has exhibited throughout the United States as well as internationally in Bangkok, Thailand in 2010. She holds an MFA (with Distinction) in Painting/Drawing from the University of New Mexico. A recipient of numerous awards for her artwork, she was also awarded “Albuquerque Local Treasure” in 2010. Anderson teaches for the Harwood Art Center, and is also a Full Time Professor of Studio Art at Central New Mexico Community College.
Photo courtesy of Little Shot Photography