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ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My work is a continuum of exploring the still life. For me, the still life is an endless source of subject matter. I have painted the figure and landscape but am always drawn back to the beautiful organic shapes and colors of flowers, fruit and vegetables. I use flowers from my garden when possible as well as objects I have collected for many years. Patterns in fabric and reflected light also play a strong role in the entire composition. Objects may be added or removed during the early part of the painting process, if necessary to unify the composition. Color and light create reflections and color changes of nearby objects; which become a pattern that adds to the complexity of the painting. I start the painting with a very loose pencil sketch and begin immediately with the local color. I work around the entire painting every time I go back to it, working back to front each time. Painting for me is a purely selfish persuit. I love the feel of the paint as it leaves the brush and takes form on the canvas. The unplanned intuitive brushstrokes are still a puzzle to me while at other times the process is achingly analytical as I try to get the drawing just so. It becomes a waltz of sorts; moving back and forth from pure pleasure to analysis and correction.
-Anita Tresslar
ANITA TRESSLAR: Bibliography
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2002 Richmond Art Museum, Richmond, IN.
2001 Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH. Solo exhibit
2000 Troy Hayner Cultural Ctr., Troy, OH. two person show
2000 Miami Valley Fine Art Exhibition, Piqua, OH.
1999 Miami Valley Fine Art Exhibition, Piqua, OH.
1998 Miami Valley Fine Art Exhibition, Piqua, OH.
1997 “Realism 97”, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, N.Y.
1996 200 Dayton Artists, Dayton Visual Art Center, Dayton, OH.
1995 Landscapes Midwest/Southwest, Stables Art Gallery, Taos, N.M.
5th Annual Works on Paper, Rosewood Art Center
1994 4th Annual Intercollegiate Invitational, Chimera Gallery, Dayton
“Herstory” Sinclair Community College, LRC Gallery, Dayton
4th Annual Works on Paper, Rosewood Art Center, Kettering
1993 Tipp City Government Center, Tipp City, OH. solo exhibit
1992 Contemporary Gallery of the Dayton Art Institute,
Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
AWARDS
Richmond Art Museum, Merit Award, 2002
Miami Valley Fine Art Exhibition, First Place in Oil Painting, 2000
Miami Valley Fine Art Exhibition, Grumbacher Medal, 1999
Miami Valley Fine Art Exhibition, First Place in Oil Painting, 1999
Miami Valley Fine Art Exhibition, First Place in Oil Painting, 1998
Dayton Visual Art Center, Member Show, First Place Award, 1996
Works on Paper, Rosewood Art Center, Honorable Mention, 1995
EDUCATION
Studied with contemporary Still Life Painter, Janet Fish, June 2007
Bachelor of Fine Arts, magna cum laude,
Wright State University, 1995
Teaching Assistant, WSU Dept. of Art and Art History, 1994
Associate of Science, cum laude, Sinclair Community College, 1979
