Painting

e-mail: anna.lemnitzer@umontana.edu
website: www.annaklemnitzer.com
MFA Thesis Paper (pdf): Dysfunction

Bio

Anna Kirsten Lemnitzer hails from the sunny state of Arizona. In 2005 she completed her B.F.A. degree at the University of Arizona, in Tucson. Following her graduation, she became the department chairperson at a college preparatory where she taught two-dimensional and three-dimensional studies. Lemnitzer’s artwork has been shown in a variety of galleries and venues. One piece is in the permanent collection of the University of Arizona’s Optical Sciences Center, where it hangs on display. Currently she is pursuing her Master of Fine Arts degree in the University of Montana’s Painting program.

Statement

 Painting manifests itself not only in the application of a medium, but in its capacity to transform. Painting is rooted in powerful processes and histories which give it a foundation of strength. However, its ability to evolve into ideas which can be readily manipulated to create areas of space, color, sound and movement only intensifies painting as a field of investigation and discourse. Painting has developed into a living and breathing art form whose tentacles reach into numerous spheres, continually branching and expanding, ever changing.