ANNA STICHBURY

Anna Stichbury was born in Wellington in 1974. She attended Wellington School of Design and graduated with a Bachelor of Design, majoring in Textiles. Still living in Wellington, Anna paints full-time from her home studio. Her contemporary mixed-media paintings are bold and feature intense hues and rich surfaces. Gold leaf has become a regular feature in her work along with 'actual elements' such as black sand from our beautiful North Island beaches. Her bold, gestural brushwork skilfully conveys vast swathes of sea and sky. Areas of luminosity and dripping paint suggest details of place and time as well as highlighting elemental and emotional textures.

Anna’s whimsical butterfly works are a deviation from these expansive landscape scenes. Drawn from a nostalgic enchantment with the delicate details of the natural world, the cotton card cut-outs can be arranged together on a display board or installed directly onto a wall in order to interact more organically with their environment. Anna has had solo exhibitions throughout New Zealand and Australia and her work is held in private and corporate collections in New Zealand and as far afield as New York, France and the United Kingdom.

MIDNIGHT BLUE PEPE

Individually cut, painted and varnished moths & butterflies made from 100% cotton art card, mounted on a wooden support. Support measures 120cm diameter. Total diameter (including Pepe) approximately 127cm.

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