ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“Ansley has spent the past twenty years traveling but has now returned to her native home of San Diego. In her watercolors and oils on canvas, Ansley explores the sometimes mundane world of nature, seeing the ordinary as extraordinary. Her inspiration comes from the details of nature, its imperfections, and the process of change. Seeking to glorify, what is often regarded, as without meaning, into an up-close and then symbolic image, that tells the story in a moment of life. Her studio’s name Daemon is derived from the French word meaning to breath the spirit of life into an inanimate object. Thus her studio’s name describes what Ansley attempts to accomplish in her work.”

PROFILE

Ansley attended San Diego State University and then went on to receive her B.A. in Linguistics and Archeology from La Sorbonne in Paris, France. She studied art under Douglas Walton at Louisiana Tech and Carol Light in Walberg, Texas.

Her work has been shown in innumerable group shows in San Diego, Texas, and New Mexico. In 1993 she had a solo exhibition at the Moscow Art School in Russia. She also has exhibited in many galleries in San Francisco, and San Diego, California, Texas, and New York. Her art is featured in many corporate and individual collections throughout California, Texas, and Washington D.C.