Variations On A Theme
SOUVENIR
OIL PAINTINGS INSPIRED BY VINTAGE TRAVEL POSTERS
Souvenir. A little keepsake that we pick up on vacation. But also, in french, a verb that means "to remember."
Why does the play between those two meanings evoke such a feeling of tenderness in me? Is it because we buy these little things to try to hold onto moments that we know are fleeting and will never come again?
California, New & Magnificent
A playful series of 11 x 17 hand-painted multiples inspired by a travel poster from the mid 1800s
Meet the Artist
California-based artist Anne-Louise Ewen paints vivacious gestural works that emphasize brush work, color and above all, freedom. Ewen’s work includes paintings, mixed-media hand-painted multiples, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, and books.
In 2020 she moved house and studio from Los Angeles to Joshua Tree, a scrappy artistic community in the Mojave Desert.
Updates & Essays
The Harpy, A Feminist Retelling
This Momentous Crossroads & How I'm using the Arts to Carry On
Press: Where Women Create
Many of the paintings shared on Instagram are still drying, and may be available.
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