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Ann Victoria Ellwanger ARTIST STATEMENT I have been passionate about the act of creating all my life and now my life is totally devoted to creating art. I wake up every day eager to see what will be created through my hands and spirit. As I was raising my four children I used my life as a homemaker to explore my love of creating. Plants and gardens were great projects and I love all the wonderful ways you can create in a kitchen. I did every possible craft and loved it all. I created a business out of pressed flowers and I always expressed my art with much drawing and painting in all mediums. I took an enameling class and fell in love again, Metal has become my new lover. I still love paint and clay and continue to play with them. In between I explored painting with French dyes on silk-- a most sensuous experience. I have discovered I am a designer as I work with metal and create jewelry. Each piece is unique and becomes what it wants to become, just like my paintings and clay pieces. In every medium, I love building layers of texture, color, and movement. The art that comes through me is my authentic self/Self speaking it's truth to me and I love sharing this with others. I have given many workshops for Healing Illuminating Mandalas and for Touch Drawing, both are art processes to bring one in touch with self/Self. I have formed and facilitated several groups here and abroad for learning and practicing Universal Principles. I am currently painting very large abstracts and have moved into adding fabric, paper, beads, and foil. I continue alternating between paint, clay, metal and glass. I am living my dream. I feel like I'm just a baby in all these mediums and there are unlimited possibilities that I will continue to explore and discover for the rest of my life. Ann Victoria
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