Anna Tewes Artist’s Statement

My interest in nature, nurture and design are expressed in each of my paper collages.  I am fascinated with symmetry and the use of repetitive shapes.   I am inspired by the wondrous wisdom in contrasts, such as water carving stone or a bud taking shelter from the wind and gaining warmth from a stone. My collages are both representational and fantasy with a strong use of pattern.  My favorite art movements are Art Nouveau and Japonisme.

There are so many interesting and diverse international papers available today.  I probably have one each of them!  I love paper!

The papers themselves give me many ideas, just waiting to be interpreted.  It takes lots of paper to do what I’m doing. 

I have created artwork my whole life.  I have worked in pastels, watercolor, weaving, stenciling, printmaking, flower arranging and have also trained as a graphic artist.

My techniques include archival pastes and Chigirie, a Japanese method of paper collage in the creation of my collages.  I sometimes combine the mediums of paste papers, acrylics, oil pastels, or colored pencil to enhance specific subjects.

Anna lives and works near Corvallis Oregon.  She is a board member of the Corvallis Art Guild.  Anna attends several juried art fairs throughout the west coast yearly.