Cris Worley Fine Arts is delighted to announce our second solo exhibition featuring the latest works of Anne Allen, an artist renowned for her exploration of natural and manmade patterns through innovative drawing and painting processes. The exhibition, titled Animal, Vegetable, Mineral will open to the public on June 22, and run through August 17, 2024. This artist will give brief remarks at 5:45pm.

Anne Allen's body of work draws inspiration from her deep connection to the outdoors and her extensive background in printmaking, metalsmithing, and textiles. Utilizing photography and video to capture images from nature, Allen translates these visuals into intricate stop-action drawings. Her art uniquely transforms everyday observations into profound visual narratives.

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral will feature a series of Allen's recent works that reflect her ongoing fascination with the interplay between nature and human intervention. Previous works include cut-paper drawings inspired by dripped tarry lines on asphalt roadways, reminiscent of the Japanese art of Kintsugi and the action painting of Jackson Pollock. Delicate compositions of grasses deposited on beaches evoke the flora and fauna of the Indian Ocean, while abstractions of Cypress tree foliage seen from the perspective of a canoe transform into jagged shadows in inky watercolor and graphite.

In her most recent works, Allen introduces a new level of delicacy and translucency by incorporating chiffon as a medium. These chiffon drawings are draped and suspended away from the wall, creating an ethereal effect that hints at erosion and entropy, inviting viewers to contemplate the transient nature of the material world. "We are thrilled to showcase Anne Allen's alluring new works," said Cris Worley, owner of the gallery. The use of chiffon gives a haunting quality that hints at a nostalgia of place.”