Anna Stichbury
Wild Water Blooms
Oil on Canvas
1035 x 1035 mm
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‘Wild Water Blooms’ offers a distinct sense of immersion in the artist’s captivating vision of the natural world.
We are standing at the water’s edge, the painting drawing us in through cool blue hues before releasing us into a vivid field of greens, pinks, and yellows. Forms shift between suggestion and abstraction, giving the surface a dynamic sense of movement and life while exuding the harmonious balance between instinct and intention so typical of Stichbury’s practice.
Artist Bio
Anna Stichbury is a contemporary New Zealand artist whose practice spans painting and installation, distinguished by her bold use of colour, layered textures, and dynamic mark-making. Working predominantly in large scale, Stichbury’s semi-abstract compositions envelop the viewer, creating immersive visual experiences that highlight the interplay between materiality and emotion. Her work explores the expressive potential of colour and surface, offering a tactile, immediate, and contemplative richness.
Stichbury approaches her practice as a colourist, often drawing inspiration from a particular hue that resonates with a deeper emotional or conceptual significance. Expanding on an immediate connection to a colour, an entire series of works frequently emerges from this intuitive affinity, exploring its potential across various subjects and abstract interpretations. Working primarily in acrylics on canvas and board, Stichbury builds richly textured surfaces through layers of gestural mark-making and thick, expressive paint applications. A distinctive palette of luminous blues, verdant greens, and myriad vibrant hues appears throughout her practice, echoing the natural world while evoking a sense of memory and inner landscape.