"Cultivation of Silence" by Annalise Neil
Cultivation of Silence
Annalise Neil
Media: Cyanotype on 16 rounds of Hahnemuhle Sumi-e paper
Size: 39" x 39"
Price: $4200
Artist Statement:
With nature imagery as a visual framework, my work considers ideas such as perception, the unknown, quantum theory, and ecology. Metaphors that come from researching these scientific and philosophical tenets are woven into my pieces. The concepts and the images they lead to can be used to help interpret living as one species amongst wildly complex, interconnected social and natural environments. I am keenly interested in discussing states of awareness and connection. All properties of all things are relational, and life is only possible through a collaborative symphony—nothing exists independently. Every living thing is a complex, multidimensional universe that interacts with others to form a prismatic web of energy. I endeavor to create work that will lead to contemplation and reflection, and that invites a thoughtful examination of our relationship to reality and our surroundings.
Artist Bio:
Annalise Neil has a BFA in Printmaking from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY (summa cum laude). She has completed residencies at Playa Summer Lake in Oregon, with Mira Schor through the New York City Crit Club, and an Artist Residency in Motherhood. Her work has been exhibited nationally at galleries and museums including Field Projects, NYC, The Irvine Fine Arts Center, and The Oceanside Museum of Art. Neil’s work has been featured in publications such as ArtMaze Mag, Colossal, The On Being Project, Emergence Magazine, All She Makes, Resurgence and Ecologist Magazine, and New Visionary Magazine. Her work resides in public and private collections across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Photo Process:
Cyanotype on sixteen separate rounds of overlapped and joined Hahnemuhle Sumi-e paper. Composed with 130 individual, hand-cut negatives of Neil’s photographs taken over many years during her extensive nature explorations.