Anna Koenig is an artist based in Portland, OR
and originally from Lincoln, NE
My paintings are meditations on relationship with the natural world; a celebration of and a conversation within those connections. I process memories of body and mind intuitively through color, gesture and a practice of dedicated playfulness. My approach to painting includes scribbling, dancing, walking, meditations, drawing, noticing and allowing what emerges within the subconscious experience. What is present in the quiet, and what desires further exploration?
In my painterly approach to abstract large scale work, I explore movement and offer my internal realm permission to take up physical space. The markmaking contains a curiosity around the dualities inherent in human experience. Peaceful/chaotic, expressive/suppressed, slow/quick, gentle/bold qualities can be found in any moment. The marks communicate something in their individual presence yet fade into being part of the whole. There is a confidence within their existence, while humbly residing in the question of what is held as important.