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A row of dark green conifers against light green grass and blue sky, with wispy, word like clouds in the background.
A row of dark green conifers against light green grass and blue sky, with wispy, word like clouds … — shown in a room setting
A row of dark green conifers against light green grass and blue sky, with wispy, word like clouds in the background.
A row of dark green conifers against light green grass and blue sky, with wispy, word like clouds in the backgro… — edge view
A row of dark green conifers against light green grass and blue sky, with wispy, word like clouds in the background. — detail
A row of dark green conifers against light green grass and blue sky, with wispy, word like clouds in the bac… — shown hanging
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Painting by Simone Annis 49 Artworks Sold

Alt 2

Oil, Canvas, Ready to hang

92cm (W) x 60cm (H) x 4cm (D)

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Artwork Description

Street trees on Alt Crescent. A strange little, but somewhat, iconic place in the history of me as I went to nearby Campbell High.  One day, mid 1980's, the 15-year-old ‘trouble-makers’ mowed AC/DC into the grass on the hill next to the quadrangle. I thought, at the time, that it was the most subversive and creative thing I had ever seen. While I was suitably impressed, I remained aloof. They were after all 'headbangers'. 
In homage to the headbangers, I felt the need to include some cursive forms in the brushwork in this painting, but not in a way that could be read. I wanted the writing to look like words that could almost be mown into the grass or written in the clouds and reflected onto the ground. 

Artist Bio
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Simone Annis 78 artworks | 2 Sold

I am an artist who has run an e-bike business from home for the past 15 years while raising three children and loves most things about living in the “People’s Republic of O’connor” (Inner North, Canberra). I graduated with an MBA (Strategic Operations Management) from Charles Stuart University a long time ago and a BA in Visual Arts (Painting) from the Australian National University a very, very, long, long time ago.
There are a couple of underlying, reoccurring and interrelated themes that inform my art practice and bubble to the surface of my paintings (both implicitly or explicitly) from time to time.
The first of these themes is the idea of ‘desire lines’. In urban and transport planning ‘desire lines’ refer to the unofficial paths that collective feet make through the landscape over time. These well-trodden paths are both subversive, being illicit, and conversely, the path of least resistance. Desire Lines are paths that form themselves and are evidence of both humanity and the impact of humans in the environment.
Secondly, I use the landscape, and elements within the landscape, to explore what I’m thinking about ‘in the moment’. The moment (or muse) can include an emotion or idea, such as gratitude to a friend or joy in life’s journey.
Often, the inspiration for a painting, is a personal reaction to the zeitgeist and current bigger picture concerns.
A third related theme is an interest in, and love of exercise, and being outdoors.
Finally related to all of the above, it's impossible to paint landscapes, or places or people (in fact anything) without having some awareness in and reaction to climate change and our role in it, so as inferred above, this is also a frequently occurring theme throughout my paintings. I hope my paintings inspire others to actively explore the world around them, as well as their relationship to it.

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