Anna Chicos

'“Everything we see falls apart vanishes. Nature is always the same, but nothing in her that appears to us, lasts. Our art must render the thrill of her permanence along with her elements, the appearance of all her changes; it must give us a taste of her eternity”
Paul Cezanne

This hunger to touch the eternal in nature is an echo of my personal spiritual journey into the Imagination, the part that is ‘always the same’, pure consciousness and awareness, and a realisation that infinite reality is always with us intimate and familiar though sometimes veiled…it is the gold contained in the shadow of our earthly life. This journey of discovery is presented allegorically through the use of black, white and gold, representing the alchemical transmutation from nigredo to citrino or lead to gold.'

Anna Chicos - artist statement

Anna has just graduated from ANU with a Degree in Ceramics. These are her final works which are inspired by the nature around where she lives. They are gorgeous cups and beakers all hand thrown in porcelain with a transfer print of Anna's tree drawings which are verging on semi-abstract. She's added gold to many of them which adds interest and contrast to the design. In continuing her work and possibly a Masters, she will modify and develop this design in various ways, particularly into abstraction. I personally can't wait to see her tree forms on the platters and vases she plans to create!