ANNIE SHINN: CONCRETE DREAMS

ON VIEW: APRIL 11 - MAY 12, 2018
OPENING RECEPTION: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 6 TO 9 PM
160 West Broadway, NYC

SELECTED IMAGES
Annie Shinn Refraction , 2017 Oil, spray paint, on canvas 96 x 72 in

Annie Shinn
Refraction, 2017
Oil, spray paint, on canvas
96 x 72 in

Annie Shinn Reflection , 2017 Oil, spray paint, on canvas 96 x 72 in

Annie Shinn
Reflection, 2017
Oil, spray paint, on canvas
96 x 72 in

Annie Shinn Midwinter , 2017 Oil, spray paint, on canvas 65 x 48 in

Annie Shinn
Midwinter, 2017
Oil, spray paint, on canvas
65 x 48 in

Annie Shinn, Concrete Dreams, 2018 Oil, mixed media on canvas 40 x 60 in

Annie Shinn,
Concrete Dreams, 2018
Oil, mixed media on canvas
40 x 60 in

Annie Shinn Summit, 2017 Oil, spray paint, on canvas 48 x 72 in

Annie Shinn
Summit, 2017
Oil, spray paint, on canvas
48 x 72 in

Annie Shinn Highland, 2017 Oil, spray paint, on canvas 48 x 72 in

Annie Shinn
Highland, 2017
Oil, spray paint, on canvas
48 x 72 in

Annie Shinn Gravity, 2017 Oil, ink, on canvas 48 x 72 in

Annie Shinn
Gravity, 2017
Oil, ink, on canvas
48 x 72 in

Annie Shinn (L) Cypress ; (R)  Live Oak , 2017 Oil, ink, on wood panel 96 x 48 in each

Annie Shinn
(L) Cypress ; (R) Live Oak, 2017
Oil, ink, on wood panel
96 x 48 in each

Annie Shinn Oasis, 2018 Oil, mixed media, on linen 3 x 30 x 12 in

Annie Shinn
Oasis, 2018
Oil, mixed media, on linen
3 x 30 x 12 in

Annie Shinn Northward , 2018 Oil, ink, on wood panel 36 x 60 in

Annie Shinn
Northward, 2018
Oil, ink, on wood panel
36 x 60 in

A+E Studios is pleased to present, Concrete Dreams, a solo exhibition of paintings by Annie Shinn. Classically trained as a landscape painter, Shinn has taken her studies of the landscape and presented them from a new perspective, resulting in an abstract exploration of our natural changing environments through the use of whimsical color and layered textures.

Shinn finds herself most at most peace in the outdoors, living in New York City creates a different and often confusing environment for her inspiration. The more time spent in the city, the more distorted and blurred Shinn’s memories of the natural world become. Her nostalgia for nature manifests physically on each canvas through her use of non-naturalistic, dream-like color schemes that have the ability to render a potentially generic landscape highly subjective.

As a landscape painter living in an urban environment, Shinn has found that her sentiment for the natural world is inexplicably transposed onto her canvases, unexpected use of color often her most useful and literal vehicle to express her utopian dreams of nature. Shinn’s application of paint is adapted throughout the series to depict different elements of the landscape, from the use of a subtle drip-like technique to reflect the qualities of the rain, progressing naturally to thick layering of paint and build-up of texture that mimic the erosion of rock forms. 

 

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Annie Shinn (b. 1985, Bellingham Washington) works across various mediums, ranging from oil and ink, to charcoal and spray paint. She honed her abstract expressionist style at an early age, eventually earning a BA in Visual Arts from Duke University in 2007, where she was the recipient of the Sue and Lee Noel Scholarship for Excellence in the Arts (2007). 

Annie continued refining her skills at the School of Visual Arts in New York (CE) with a concentration in silkscreen printing and experimental multimedia. In 2013, Annie moved to Venice Beach, CA to work as a Studio and Painting Assistant for Mark Grotjahn Studios. Annie currently resides in New York City and works at her own studio, A+E Studios.

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