Anne Doris-Eisner
Other media: Drawing, Printmaking
Erector Square , Building 3, 3rd floor, Fstudio
315 Peck Street
New Haven, CT 06513
Phone: 203-623-4854
Email: annedoris (at) hotmail (dot) com
Artist Statement
I respond so strongly to two things, the natural world and bold marks on paper, and I embrace them both in my artwork. I am inspired by the resilience and transformative beauty of the land above and the supporting rock beneath. In the natural world I have seen that what is struck down, crushed, cut or splintered is not destroyed, but rather remains and carries on even though greatly transformed. By using unique geological structures and forms in nature, I draw parallels between the human experience and the natural world. I incorporate images of resilience, defiance and reverence and make use of hidden images in code.
Images and themes are revealed to me in the tactile and strenuous process of mark making. By using acrylics, gouache, graphite and oil inks on the impressionable medium of paper, I can forcefully express my emotions against the opposing strength of a wall, floor or table. I rarely use a brush in a traditional manner.
Selected Works
|  Narrative - 2009 - acrylic on paper - 72"hX45"w  Season of Renewal - 2010 - acylic on paper - 45"hx72"w  The Messenger - 2009 - acrylic on paper - 45"hx72"w  Geologics of Life No.4 - 2010 - acrylic on paper - 42"hx72"w  Path of Life Triptych - 2009 - acrylic on paper - 7'hx11 1/2'w (each 45"wx72"h)  Geologics of Life No.1 - 2005 - acrylic on paper - 42'HX72'w  Body of Water - 2005 - acrylic on paper - 42"Hx72"W  Grief Trilogy No.1 - 2002 - acrylic on paper - 26"Hx40"w  Parallel Universe - 2009 - acrylic on paper - 22"Hx30"W  In the Forest Primeval" - 2010 - acrilic and ink on paper - 9 sections each 5"Hx7"W, accordian foldout drawing= 9' long  The Scroll - 2009 - acrylic on paper - 44"Hx30"w |
Artist Bio
Artist Biography
Anne Doris-Eisner is a painter whose works have been exhibited in many solo, group and juried shows in Connecticut and around the country. In recent years Anne has exhibited at the New Britain Museum of American Art, Housatonic Museum of Art, Westport Arts Center and Mystic Arts Center, all in Connecticut, and the Beverly Arts Center of Chicago (IL), American Jewish University (CA), The Women's Museum (TX), the Rubin-Frankel Gallery (MA), and the Kraft Center for Jewish Life at Columbia University (NY).
Anne works almost exclusively on paper because of the immediacy and physicality of mark-making on that medium. Anne enjoys working with large sheets and most often uses non-traditional tools found in nature, such as feather, twig and bone, to capture the resilience and transformative beauty of the natural world and its expression of our capacity for resilience, defiance and renewal.
Anne studied art at the University of Miami and earned a B.A and M.A in Art Education from Southern Connecticut State University. Anne was a distinguished art educator for many years, including winning Teacher of the Year and the Joseph B. Whitehead Educator of Distinction Award, presented by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, for exemplary dedication to the field of education. Anne's continued study of art has led her to residencies at the Atlin Art Centre, in far northern British Columbia, and the renowned Vermont Studio Center. Anne is a past president of the Women's Caucus for Art, CT.
Residencies:
August 2004 – Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), fellowship
August 2003 – Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT)
July 2002 – Atlin Art Centre (Atlin, British Columbia, Canada)
August 2001 – Atlin Art Centre (Atlin, British Columbia, Canada)
Selected Recent Juried & Invitational Exhibitions:
2010 A – Space Gallery at West Cove Studios (West Haven, CT): LOCATIONS/6 Views
Bruce S. Kershner Gallery at the Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield, CT): Beauty Marks.
Curated by Janine Brown
New Haven Paint & Clay Club (New Haven, CT): 109th Annual Juried Exhibition. Juror: Jerry N. Weiss
The Gallery of Contemporary Art at Sacred Heart University (Fairfield, CT): Botanical Dreams &Nightmares
Juror: Cynthia Roznoy, Ph.D.
Beverly Arts Center of Chicago (Chicago, IL): —drawing the line—, Jewish Women Artists' Network,
2010 National Juried Exhibit. Juror: Sarah Giller Nelson, Art Institute of Chicago
2009 New Britain Museum of American Art (New Britain, CT): 40th Annual Juried Members Exhibition.
Juror: Dr. Nancy Stula, Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Seton Gallery, University of New Haven (New Haven, CT): Roominations. Curator: Vladimir Shpitulnik
The West Hartford Art League (West Hartford, CT): CT+5. Juror: Patricia Hickson
Kohn Joseloff Gallery, Cheshire Academy (Cheshire, CT): Self”
Fairfield Arts Council (Fairfield, CT): Who I Am Now. Juror: Laura Einstein
New Haven Paint and Clay Club (New Haven, CT): 108th Annual Juried Exhibition. Juror: Richard Carleton
Guilford Art League 62nd Annual Juried Exhibition (Guilford, CT): Arts Connecticut 2009.
Juror: Judy Birke
Women's Caucus for Art/JWAN National Juried Exhibition: Like Water on Rock. Juror: Dr. Barbara Gilbert.
Three locations: American Jewish University (Los Angeles, CA); The Finegood Art Gallery (West
Hills, CA); Gotthelf Art Gallery, San Diego Center for Jewish Culture (La Jolla, CA)
2008 Housatonic Museum of Art (Bridgeport, CT): New York and New England Regional Juried Exhibition,
Women's Caucus for Art—CT: WHY NOT?! Juror: Helen Klisser During
Guilford Arts League 61st Annual Juried Exhibition (Guilford, CT): Arts Connecticut 2008.
Juror: Gary Sussman
Mystic Arts Center (Mystic, CT): Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 97th Annual Exhibition.
Jurors: Brain Flinn and Barbara S. Groff