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 Artist Statement I learned to paint in fields much like the ones that stretch out beyond my studio now, and walk down on hot afternoons to sit in the clear little river that runs nearby. It's not a surprise, then, to find this work planted in earth and water. No longer the pastoral scenes of my young adulthood, these landscapes are both many-layered and vastly simplified --- reduced to mass and light, and split by a single, permeable horizon where tangible and intangible briefly touch.
Using marker, charcoal, and pastel, I alternate drawing with translucent glazes and more opaque passages---allowing the developing surfaces and the response of my materials to direct the work. Often, I completely paint over nearly finished pieces and begin building again. This gives a sense of history to the paintings, even when little or none of the earlier work is visible. Blind marks and the earthy presence of charcoal help balance out the luxurious color and movement of the paint.
Within these landscapes, I explore the astonishing congruency of form that exists in the natural world. Seeds, branches, leaves, and flowers appear and disappear from view. Layered with elements from the decorative arts and the systems of the human body, they elucidate an ancient lineage of shape and structure that links all living things in a single, pulsing current.
Ultimately this work is about connection---a visual archeology of our shared physical experience that celebrates beauty, and the profound, sustaining order of the natural world.
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Anna Jaap, 2008
Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas 54" x 54" $6,000 | RIVER FIELD 2 (new growth)
Anna Jaap, 2008
Acrylic, Marker and Charcoal on Canvas 12" x 12" $975
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 |  | | RIVER FIELD 3 (storm, south boundary)
Anna Jaap, 2008
Acrylic, Marker and Charcoal on Canvas 12" x 12" SOLD
| RIVER FIELD 4 (june)
Anna Jaap, 2008
Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas 12" x 12" $975
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 |  | | RIVER FIELD 5 (can you smell the snow)
Anna Jaap, 2008
Acrylic, Marker and Charcoal on Canvas 12" x 12" $975
| SKYFIELD 2 (air and water)
Anna Jaap, 2008
Acrylic, Marker and Charcoal on Canvas 20" x 20" $1,800
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Anna Jaap, 2008
Acrylic, Marker and Charcoal on Canvas 18" x 24" $1,850
| SKYFIELD 4 (the reproduction of flowers)
Anna Jaap, 2008
Acrylic, Marker and Charcoal on Canvas 36" x 36" SOLD
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Anna Jaap, 2008
Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas 36" x 36" $4,200
| SKYFIELD 6 (mouse and string)
Anna Jaap, 2008
Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas 54" x 54" $6,000
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Bird Song/Hearts Falling
Wave Form - Beauty, recorded May 1, 2007 Anna Jaap, 2007
Acrylic & Charcoal on Canvas 24" x 12" SOLD
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 |  | | The Changes Embraced in Secondary Growth
Wave Form - Hope, recorded May 1, 2007 Anna Jaap, 2007
Acrylic on Canvas 8" x 8"
SOLD
| The Space Between The Space Between
Wave Forms - Compassion, Forgiveness, recorded May 1, 2007 Anna Jaap, 2007
Acrylic on Canvas 16" x 12" $1,050 |
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Anna Jaap
Acrylic on Canvas 64" x 48"
$8,500 | Waking
Anna Jaap
Acrylic on Canvas 24" x 36" $2,800 |
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Anna Jaap
Acrylic on Paper 12 1/2" x 17 1/2"
$1,150 | Opening Series #2
Anna Jaap
Acrylic on Paper 12 1/2" x 17 1/2" $1,150 |
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Anna Jaap
Acrylic on Paper 12 1/2" x 17 1/2"
$1,150 | Opening Series #4
Anna Jaap
Acrylic on Paper 12 1/2" x 17 1/2" $1,150 |
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Anna Jaap
Acrylic on Paper 12 1/2" x 17 1/2"
$1,150 | Opening Series #8
Anna Jaap
Acrylic on Paper 12 1/2" x 17 1/2" $1,150 |
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