ANN LEE FULLER WORKS

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Sister Light

Sister Light
Oil on Canvas 12"x12"
Dedicated to the memory and courage of my sister, Patricia

I Made a Path for You
Oil on Panel 8"x8"
Dedicated to the memory and courage of my sister, Patricia

Sunday, September 13, 2009

The Dark Side

The Dark Side: Verge
Oil on Panel 8"x8"

The Dark Side: Threshold
Oil on Panel, 6"x6"each

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Near The Farm

Country Road
Oil on Canvas 6"x12" SOLD

Morning Rows
Oil on Canvas 14"x18"

Fog Lifting II
Oil on canvas 9"x16"

Orchard II
Oil on Panel 8"x8"

Orchard
Oil on Panel 6"x6" (SOLD)

Red Meadow
Oil on Canvas 16"x16" (SOLD)

Near The Farm I
Oil on Canvas 9"x12" (SOLD)

Near The Farm II
Oil on Canvas 11"x14"

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Within the Realm of Possibilities

Red III
Oil on Canvas 20"x20"

Summer Streaks (SOLD)
Oil on Canvas 20"x20"

And Then The Storm Came
Oil on Canvas 16"x16"

The Magic Hour
Oil on Canvas 10"x20"

Storm Window
Oil on Linen 10"x20" (SOLD)

The Mist

Pink Mist I
Oil on Canvas 16"x16" (SOLD)

Pink Mist II
Oil on Canvas 16"x16" (SOLD)

Pink Mist III
Oil on Canvas 16"x16"

Monday, February 16, 2009

Spring Signs Studies

Spring Signs Study IV
Oil on Canvas 8"x8

Spring Signs Studies I (SOLD), II, III
Oil on Canvas 6"x6

Monday, February 9, 2009

Cold Mornings

Cold Morning I Study
Oil on Canvas 8"x8"

Cold Morning II Study
Oil on Panel 8"x8" SOLD

Monday, January 26, 2009

Collaboration

Duet Number I
Oil on Canvas 20"x20" (SOLD)
Ann Lee Fuller and Nat Thomas

Monday, January 19, 2009

Twilight Love Letters

Twilight Love Letters: Love Letter I
Oil on Canvas 10"x10"

Twilight Love Letters: Love Letter II
Oil on Canvas 10"x10"

Twilight Love Letters: Love Letter III
Oil on Canvas 10"x10"

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Some 2008 Work

Chasing Summer Light III
Oil on Panel, 12"x24" (SOLD)

August Mist
Oil on Canvas, 14"x18"

Gradients
Oil on Panel, 9"x12" (SOLD)

Sanctuary
Oil on Panel, 11"x14" (SOLD)

Veil
Oil on Panel, 10"x10" (SOLD)

Whisper
Oil on Panel, 10"x10" (SOLD)

Robin Storm
Oil on Canvas, 12"x12" (SOLD)

Dawning
Oil on Panel, 8"x 10" (SOLD)

Cameo
Oil on Linen, 10"x20"

Autumn Farm Ridge
Oil on Linen, 16"x16" (SOLD)

As If In A Dream
Oil on Linen, 16"x16" (SOLD)

October Farm Field II
Oil on Canvas, 22"x28"

The Back Field: Prism, Edge (SOLD), Cold (SOLD)
Oils on Panel and Canvas, 3 individual 12"x12"

The Rain Came
Oil on Canvas, 6"x8"

After The Rain, September (SOLD)
Oil on Canvas, 8"x10"

Almanac: Clearing (SOLD), Jaune, Tumult (SOLD), Vintage, Moonlight (SOLD), Evenglow (SOLD) , Legacy (SOLD), Anew (SOLD)
Oils on Panel, 8 individual 8"x10"

New Studio New Work

My new studio winter 2008

Solstice II (SOLD)
Oil on Canvas, 16"x20"

Almanac: Red II
Oil on Panel, 8"x10"

Red I SOLD
Oil on Panel, 10"x10"

Statement and Background

My work might be labeled a combination of literal and abstract, a meeting of contrasts. The paintings are inspired by the shifting weather of the Catskill Mountains rural landscape with its transitory horizons and unique moments of light created when sky meets land. My aim is to use the landscape to stir feelings of longing, promise, and the passage of time, while my process has become a response to color, suggesting rather than spelling out detail. The paintings have been called “dream-like”, composed of generous skies, mist shrouded mountains, and low horizons. Some of the paintings are of actual places. Some are imagined. They are all bits and pieces of observation.

I am strictly a studio painter, and of late I rarely use photographs for reference. I spend a lot of time looking. I often get so deep into the work that I lose all perspective about whether it’s good or not, whipsawing back and forth between the extremes – it’s the best painting I’ve ever done, it’s the worst. I may walk past a painting in progress and shield my eyes so I don’t have to look at it, and won’t spend hours changing something that I might regret and want to change back again tomorrow. Other times I will sneak up on it for a look, as if the painting would somehow change if I approached directly, or I could surprise myself and see it anew, deciding then if I liked it.

I haven’t always been a painter. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Arts from Keuka College where I was trained in the classical style of painting, I became a Kindergarten teacher. Later, I studied illustration and design at The Corcoran College of Art in Washington DC, and digital painting at the Pratt Center for Computer Graphics in New York. In the early 1970’s I began a career in Graphic Design starting as an “apprentice”. Eventually I became Vice President, Director of Graphic Design at Fulton & Partners Inc. and Design Director of ID Magazine in New York where I worked from 1973-1987 before founding Fuller Design Inc.

My work has been cited for excellence by The Society of Illustrators, American Institute of Graphic Arts, "The New York Times", "Communication Arts Magazine", "Print Magazine", and The New York Art Directors Club among others.

Paintings have been shown at:
Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
The Catskill Center Erpf Gallery, Arkville, NY
The Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY
Enderlin Gallery, Roxbury, NY
Wawaka Gallery, Halcottsville, NY
Longyear Gallery, Margaretville, NY