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image of the artist, ANN PIPER

ANN PIPER

In my work, I use portraiture as a vehicle for creating a series of personal vignettes. Always formal, and often theatrical, each portrait serves as an assertion of a state of being. They are artificial moments, certainly, but are invented in support of very real sentiments. I am constantly examining human relationships through these devised images; assigning roles, removing context, arranging objects, and offering it all up for reinterpretation. By employing metaphor and my own sense of visual symbolism, I develop a “poetic description” of the kind of presence I wish to convey. Rather than set out to reveal a complete narrative, which demands a literal translation, I suggest a mood–something that can be understood on different levels by different people. Thus my concept is distilled and the work speaks not only to my own, but to the human experience.

image of the artist, ANN PIPER

Works

Works

Works

Camoflauge #2

Ann Piper

Camoflauge #2

oil on canvas

40" x 30" fr.
$3,000

Censored #1

Ann Piper

Censored #1

oil on canvas

36" x 54"
$4,500

Dogface - Study

Ann Piper

Dogface - Study

acrylic and pastel on paper

29" x 45" fr.
$1,750

Twins

Ann Piper

Twins

oil on canvas

21" x 41" fr.
$2,250

Winter

Ann Piper

Winter

oil on canvas

31" x 25" fr.
$1,800

Installations