ANI KINYON is a self-taught artist who first honed her artist skills as a teenager learning watercolor techniques from her art &music teacher grandmother. From a family of artists, Ani initially steered toward science, graduating university in engineering and math. Not long after graduating, she circled back to her first love of painting, committing full-time to her craft in her mid-twenties. Her initial work was hyper-realistic, working with acrylics as her medium. Today she chooses to switch between styles and mediums, always striving to keep learning, keep things fresh, and to keep enjoying the process of creating works of art. Her latest works include loose abstracts, textural works built from plaster, as well as a series of fading florals.Ani moved to Asheville, North Carolina in 2022 to begin a new artistic chapter within the vast community of artists creating inthe beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Ani has been represented by galleries in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Connecticut & New Orleans. Her pieces can be found in collections across the country. She currently works in the River Arts District in Asheville. Where I am now: Now... is in the process of learning to create from a place of mindfulness, flow,and instinct. In my abstract work, the technical, linear and learned process isbecoming secondary. I’m striving to create a feeling or emotion from theviewer, rather than recreate something already found in the world. I’m looking for the viewer to come to a conceptual thought or idea on their own. I hope tohave the work evoke something on a more intrinsic, spiritual level, somethingthat comes forward from below the surface.Painting florals allows me to continue with my roots in representational art. I’vechosen the fading florals as a showcase of beauty that is often ‘on the otherside’ of its so called peak. The idea that there is beauty at all stages of oneslife, flowers showcase this brilliantly – their colors and textures changing,enhancing and surprising us in ways unexpected.Lastly, the adherence to the technical aspects of painting are giving way to workthat is created with intention, but with the space to play, experiment, expandand grow. My hope is that these organic qualities come through the work andmove the viewer as much as I’ve been moved in creating each piece.