Anna C. Mulch - Artist

These two very different bodies of work seem to have nothing in common at first glance. However, upon closer observation you will find the same swirls, whirls and flow in the ink of the pen as you find in the liquid nature of the paint. I enjoy pushing medium to the limit to see what it can do as well as make it resemble other mediums. For example there are quite a few of my autobiographical panels that resemble watercolor instead of acrylic. 

    These bodies of work are also an exercise in micro vs. macro, distortion and perspective. When seen from a distance, the drawings seem to move of their own accord and it is not until you get closer that you see the simple lines that make up the image. With the panels it seems the opposite is true. The bigger the translation is, the more is seen. This push pull dichotomy is explored by using prints that are over twice the size of the original panel.

    I am also very process driven, and the process for the panels started simply enough. Take a hexagon panel, turn on an album, grab paint and go. A typical panel creation goes like this. Choose music. Apply paint. Manipulate and dry with a hair dryer. Repeat about 200 times, using water and a paint brush to reveal the under layers. As time went on and the layers started to come, I started to reveal more and more about myself. And the peace began to come. Hexagons are synonymous with bees, who traditionally hold information and transfer information to the underworld. Each hexagon I paint contains small but important information about me and I hope that news of it is making it’s way to the ones we lost.

    I grew up in Southern Illinois and left in 1993. I met a guy, fell in love, had a kid, worked for a while and in 2004 started my collegiate journey. I fell in love with art and with politics and graduated with a Bachelors in Visual Arts from UIS in 2015. My studio is shared with my musician husband.