Ania Gilmore finds inner peace in Japanese Sumi-e where she embraces the simplicity, quietness and the white spaces that are the hardest to paint, but necessary to rest the eye on. Born in Poland, one might say of Ania, "What is a Polish woman doing painting Japanese strokes?". She replies by saying: “It is very much like the Japanese artist who plays Chopin, just because of the delight coming out of such notes. The peace that I was looking for arrived quietly and unexpectedly; Ink Gardening.”

Ania Gilmore is a graphic designer, painter and a mixed media artist. She works in her studio in Lexington, MA creating one-of-a-kind artist’s books and prints. Ania received a BFA with honors from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, studied printmaking and book arts at the Rhode Island School of Design, attended the School of The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine. She is a member of the Concord Art Association and the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park.

www.aniaartstudio.com

The above exhibit runs August 4 to September 3, 2010
(Tuesday through Saturday, noon-6PM)