Anna Stark

“It’s not about what I paint but rather how I paint. When I sit before my easel, a switch gets turned on. Or off, perhaps. The incessant spinning of the world halts and I see clearly in the void around me. In this stillness, my senses sharpen, my eyes adjust and my head clears. My hyper-detailed subjects float against vast black backgrounds just as I float on this Rock hurling through space. The boundary between the observer and the observed blurs and I become the still-life.”

Stark is a self-taught oil painter, captivated by the intricacies of nature and the colors of pop culture. Her paintings are hyper-detailed set against vast black backgrounds. This contrast invites observers to find clarity in the void around us. Her subjects are isolated, and their surroundings are stripped away to create a sense of existential contemplation and reflection.