Born on the coast of Denmark “where light changes by the minute,” Anne Elisabeth Hogh grew to understand how color touches the soul. In the spirit of Picasso, who insisted that “colors, like features, follow changes in the emotions,” Hogh captures the volatile nature of feelings by juxtaposing the warmth of orange or red against deep blue and icy white. Using vivid contrasts, textural sheen, and liquid geometry to convey the perpetual flux of human emotion, Hogh’s paintings shimmer with a living, sensible force. Progressing layer by layer, one color leading the next, Hogh dresses the naked canvas in a base application of acrylic, gradually building density and texture until she achieves a satisfying level of emotional resonance and visual complexity. Central to her art is a deep desire, an “inner necessity” in Kandinsky’s terms, to relate her experience, to reveal outwardly what occurs within—to share the light of her childhood with an admiring audience.
Click on the images to see a slide show of AnneElisabeth’s art.
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