Anne Linton
BIO
Anne Linton is a collage artist, sculptor and creator of objets de curiosité. In the distant past Anne attended the fine arts program at Queen’s University. Her creative energy over the last few decades has been directed to the culinary world where she worked as a chef. Anne has always been a passionate collector with a particular interest in things from the natural world as well as objects that have been shaped by the forces of nature. Her inspiration comes from such diverse sources as the 16th-century paintings of composite heads by Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, the portraits of Francis Bacon, shell grottos, decorative shellwork, and the visual art of Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebration.
Artist Statement
The layering and unifying effect of whitewashing is a technique that I often employ in my pieces. Because I am working with seashells – many of which, if not originally white, are sun-bleached or encrusted with natural white chemical deposits – I use white pigments, in various degrees of transparency, as well as plaster and fibre paste to bind the piece together in a way that suggests a natural union.
