Anne-Marie Quinn - Artist/Educator

This sketchbook evolved out of the need to form ideas for a commission. The work had to reflect the sense of a journey, exploring and discovering hidden, undiscovered parts of the world. I worked with rich colours and textures, building up layers and thinking about the core of the earth, incorporating drawings of fossils, shells, butterfly wings, and then beginning to suggest architectural details and elements of the landscape. I tried to capture emotions and feelings. Even though the imagery conveys quite vast landscapes, I was concerned to create an atmosphere of intimacy and gentleness, of sympathy and humanity.