Ann Wolf

Ann lives and works in NY State.

“Visually, I am inspired by the Netherlandish landscape and genre painters’s depictions of Dutch life in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially since it coincided with Dutch settlement on the Hudson River.

I observe the woods during my daily walks and collect locations and impressions that serve as the starting point for my paintings. Then, I collaborate with a photographer to document subject matter from the wilderness, sometimes lighting the object or scene, and playing with different lenses and filters. This allows me to compose the painting ahead of time, and have a permanent image of the moment and feeling from which to work. The weather and light are ephemeral, so the photograph becomes the world in which I live while making the painting”.