The artwork of Ann Pineda, local Fairpark community resident, is on exhibit at Anderson-Foothill Public Library October 8-Novembe 13. A reception will be held October 8 from 7:00-8:30pm at the library.
Artist Statement:
For the Fairpark
Does no one else see the Fairgrounds as I see them? Beautiful in their humble but strong malleability. I
love the flexibility of these spaces and their untethered usefulness. Periodically, the dirt gets heaped up
into small, bumpy mountains for who knows what use and fences are moved around for various events.
I got curious.
For a number of years, I have been coming to draw and paint in the open spaces of the Fairpark. The different qualities of light playing off its surfaces and spaces wind up in the paintings. The Fairpark glows each evening under its peach-colored lights. In mornings, the light is soft, of course, as it is in late afternoons; but more usually, I have been working in the bright sheen of mid-day, trying to figure out what it is I’m seeing. It’s a bigger subject than I could paint in several lifetimes. I like that. I like trying to do more than I know I can presently do or even understand. (Oh, I believe I’m talking about “Reach.”)