ANJI GRAINGER

I am an award winning watercolorist, juror and instructor.  My work derives its inspiration from the magic and wonders of nature.   I am drawn to see and focus on what might not be seen or noticed.  My drawing instructor, acclaimed Portland artist Gene Flores, helped me understand the importance of not suppressing what comes from within.  I paint with the movement of nature and visualize the growing twists and turns of a twig or a leaf.  I try to capture the stillness of an early morning walk in a field, along a river or in a forest.  I also focus on detail whether it’s simply the blending or bleeding of two colors like one would see on a ripening peach or the finite lines and edges of a raindrop. My current explorations are in the discovery of how elements of nature and texture react in watercolor to leave beautiful patterns and surprises in their unique patterns on the paper.
 My hope is that the viewer will walk away from seeing my work with a new vision and perhaps wonder, how does she do that?

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  anji@bluepansycottage.com