ARF / Photography by Ann R. Fischer

08/17/2024

Challenged myself to create a piece to submit for an upcoming digital art show at the Peninsula Art Academy. The basic building block for this image was a photo of two cicada wings, which I had crossed to form a Gothic arch (see second photo for the original, which, btw, was the very first thing I ever posted on Instagram). After making the cells of the wings transparent, I added lots of color behind them to (sort of?) evoke stained glass windows. Then all hell broke loose in the house of stained glass, and I wound up with this vaguely, not-round kaleidoscopic/mandala-ish affair.

The handwriting behind it all is a snippet from George Eliot's original manuscript of her 1871-1872 masterpiece Middlemarch. One of my favorite lines from the book: "I believe that people are almost always better than their neighbors think they are." I try to believe that too. Some days it's easier than others.

04/08/2024

Wood. Rock. Iron. Snow.
(Posted on Instagram a few months ago and forgot to add it here too.)

02/22/2022

Thanks to Carol and others at the Peninsula Art Academy for creating the just-finishing exhibit "The Power of Portraits: Human and Animal." It was fun to have these 3 pieces in the gallery for the past month.

02/22/2022

The Winter Exhibition, where I have 2 large pieces on display, will be up at the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center - CVAC January 25 through March 3, 2022. Lots of beautiful art! Please stop by.

09/18/2021

I'm honored and delighted to have my Cicada Wing Mandala featured on the cover of the Fall/Winter 2021 issue of the Southern Indiana Review, a lovely journal with the delightful tag line, "Rich Art & Literature Served in Sensible Portions." In addition to the cover art, I also have a short piece inside the journal. Although it's partly an artist's statement, much of it is about the impressively unique lives of 13- and 17-year periodical cicadas. Many thanks to the journal editor, Ron Mitchell! https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1861481744052252&id=100005713336883

09/16/2021

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12/04/2020

Looking for a way to do holiday (or non-holiday) gifting well? You might skip the whole thing, support an important cause in someone's name (by donating volunteer time or money), or . . . maybe you want to give a tangible gift. If so, supporting independent artists is a wonderful way to go!

Here's the SIU virtual art and craft sale site: https://studentcenter.siu.edu/craftsales/VIRTUAL-CRAFT-SALE.php

And here's a bit of news: https://news.siu.edu/2020/11/110520-SIUs-popular-Holiday-Craft-Sale-goes-virtual-in-2020.php

12/19/2019

Detox will be up through January 25th. Be sure to make time to stop by and see this international juried exhibition focusing on enviromental art.
Featured here from left to right is David Earl Jones, Santiago Ribeiro, Docey Lewis, Ann Fischer, and Jessi Evan's Murphy.

12/16/2019

Oak Street Art bringing art to community kids (again) . . . creativity abounds!

12/07/2019

Today from 4 to 6 p.m. in lovely New Harmony (Indiana)!