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Outdoor Art Exhibit: Ann Hopkins Wilson
April 22, 2022 - October 31, 2022
Free
Map of locations of paintings
We invite you to walk the Beech Hollow Trail at Awbury Arboretum to see the outdoor paintings posted in the beech grove by artist Ann Hopkins Wilson.
This exhibition will be on display April 22 through October 31, 2022 from dawn until dusk.
Admission is FREE. No registration required.
Location: Beech Hollow Trail, accessible from the Cope House, 1 Awbury Rd, Philadelphia, PA or Washington Lane SEPTA Station
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Artist Bio/Statement:
Ann received her MFA in painting from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. Her undergraduate work was a double major in Art and Biology from the University of Delaware. Ann has been a professional artist for over 40 years, exhibiting regularly throughout the region. She taught Fine Arts at various institutions and art centers including the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Bryn Mawr College and Temple University for fifteen years. Following this, she worked as an art therapist for over 20 years.
An abstract painter for many years, focused on universal geometric patterns binding nature and man, her work has recently moved to incorporate animal imagery. It is an urgent response to the depletion of species and habitats locally and worldwide. The paintings are prayers to protect, honor and preserve our natural world.
Working intuitively as an artist often makes it difficult to find words that will illuminate the art. The end result is a painting I can show you. It is a record of an activity that has occurred over time, sometimes months. It has often been a struggle. It is this action that is the art, not the actual painting. The painting is the witness to a journey and exploration. The painting hopes to provide a journey for others, but it will be their journey.
The art process for me is an attempt to move beneath consciousness into our core of being that moves deeply back towards our creation. There is reverence, joy, fear and awe. There is an urgent and impossible pull to grasp the interconnectedness of all life. With this, my most recent work has moved to touch other beings we share the earth with.