Art by Ann Sisel
Sunset
About me
Artist Statement
I am a contemporary intuitive painter. When I begin, I rarely know what I am planning to paint. My goal is to create art work that is unique, gutsy, and colorful.
In my work I love seeing brush strokes, marks from tools, and texture. I often use my fingers for a dot or draw lines or trees with a palette knife instead of a paint brush. It’s a bit of a balancing act as it is in real life.
My formal training came in middle age from the talented professors at Macalester College. As a member of several watercolor organizations in the Minneapolis/St Paul area, I have also taken workshops from nationally known artists.
In the past several years, I have been accepted into regional and national shows, and I have received awards for my unique artwork.
Art Resume
National/International Juried Exhibitions:
2020 White Bear Center for the Arts Plein Air Show
1st Annual Woman in Watercolor International Online Show 2020
2020 Red River Watercolor Society “Ancient Bones”
2017 Red River Watercolor Society “The Picnic”
2217 Arts in Harmony “The Picnic”
2015 ISAP International Society Acrylic Painters
2015 Woman Artist Registry of MN Portrait Show
2015 Arts in Harmony in Elk River
2014 Montana Watermedia 32nd Annual
2014 Watercolor Missouri International
2014 Arts in Harmony in Elk River
2013 Montana Watercolor Society Fall Show
2013 Red River Watercolor Society’s, 20th Annual Juried National Exhibition
2012 27th Watercolor Wyoming National Exhibition
2011 26th Watercolor Wyoming National Exhibition
2011 Watercolor Missouri National 11th Juried Exhibition
2011 Arts in Harmony, 16th Annual National Juried Show
2010 25th Watercolor Wyoming National Exhibition
2010 Arts in Harmony, Elk River, 15th Annual National Juried Show
2009 Watercolor Wyoming 24th Annual National Exhibition Fall
2009 Missouri Watercolor Society Spring Show
2007 Pastel Society of North Carolina 1st National Opened Juried Exhibition
2007 Arts in Harmony, Elk River, 12th Annual National Juried Show
2007 Nothing New; Fiber Art from Recycled Materials, Textile Center of Minnesota
2007 Annual Juried Exhibition L’eglise Art Center & Gallery, Aurora, Nebraska
Awards:
2020 White Bear Center for Arts International Plein Air Show, Judges Choice for Sunset
2018 Minnesota Artist’s Association award of Merit for “Poppies”
2018 Minnesota Artist’s Association award Honorable Mention for “Pink House”
2018 Minnesota Artist’s Association award of excellence for “Funky Hill Town”
2018 Gallery 96 Best of Show for “Waiting at the Border”
2018 Gallery 96 Honorable Mention for Anna -The Lama
2017 Minnesota Artist’s Association award of excellence for
“Solar Flares”
2016 Minnesota Watercolor Soc. Second Honors for “The Picnic”
2016 Gallery 96 2nd Place for “Feeding Frenzy” in the Wild Show
2015 Gallery 96 Honorable Mention for “Still Life with Crow”
2014 Gallery 96 Places and Spaces, Honorable Mention for “Blue Hat”
2013 Robin Gallery Mostly Minnesota Show, Honorable Mention for “Butterfly Fish”
2013 Montana Watercolor Society Board of Director’s Award “Birds”
2013 Lyric Center for the Arts, Virginia, MN “Open Water Show”
Bobber Award for “Green Fish”
2011 Northstar Watercolor Fall Show Honorable Mention, “Norbert”
2011 Gallery 96 First place award in Lemon & Lime Show, “Market Bag”
2009 Watercolor Wyoming 24th Annual National Exhibition,Third Place Award “Still LIfe with Apples”
2009 Northstar Watercolor Show, second place in peer voting for the “Rooster”
2008 Merit Award Northstar Watercolor Society
2007 Gallery 96, Artist Choice Show, Merit Award
Regional and Local Juried Exhibitions:
2020 Minnesota Watercolor Show Inspirations “Storm on the Lake”
2019 Gallery 96 Fall Show - “Prague”
2019 Minnesota Watercolor - “Bird Watcher”
2016 Northstar Watermedia Society Spring Show “Woodsy Road”
2019 Robin Gallery Extremely Minnesota - “Itasca”
2019 1666 Coffman Show “Pink Finch” sold
Gallery 96 Recycled Spring 2019 Show - “Woody” & “Blue Buck”
2016 Minnesota Watercolor Fall Show “The Picnic”
2016 Minnesota Watercolor Spring Show “Coneflowers”
2015 Robin Gallery Extremely Minnesota “Woodsy Road”
2014 Robin Gallery Mostly Minnesota “Daphne” & “Birds”
2014 Hope Lodge Gallery Minneapolis Joint show with Wayne Sisel
2014 MN Watercolor Society Spring Show “Roots & Rocks”
2013 Robin Gallery Mostly Minnesota Show “Butterfly Fish”
2013 Minnesota Watercolor Spring Show “Tulips”
2012 Minnesota Watercolor Juried Spring Show
2011 From France to Fantasy Coffman Gallery on Larpenteur Ave.
2011 Northern Lights Exhibition, 38th Annual White Bear Arts Show
2010 Summer - First Congregational Church of Minnesota
2006 - 2012 - Northstar Watermedia Society
2009, 2011 - 2012 Robbin Gallery, Extremely Minnesota Show
2007- 2009 North Country Pastel Society Fall Show
2006 - 2012 - Gallery 96 Art Center
2006 - 2010 Celebration of Community Art Show – St. Matthew’s
2006 -Salon 100 Exhibition, Lake Elmo Regional Art Center
1988 - Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Juried Show - sculpture
1987 - Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Juried Show – sculpture
1985 - Northern Lights Juried Art Exhibition
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I would like to describe a process or show how I create one of my artworks.
This is a recent experiment using ink and watercolor paint. However I’m painting mostly without using a paint brush. I grabbed watercolor paper, a cut up credit card, a pallet knife, and a rubber glove. My goal was to use my fingers to create dots, my finger nails to make tree branches or fine lines, and the scraping tools to make big swooping forms
that I hoped would make interesting active shapes and lines. In this work I have used the palette knives in curves.
So you can see I am starting with one idea and hope to develop it each day this month to give the viewer new ideas to try.
That is all I will share for now but first I will place that
experimental work in the blog. This way you can see what tools I used.
Please email your experiments to me if you like. I would love to see what you do. annesisel@gmail.com
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Minnesota Watercolor Society has notified me about receiving Signature Status.