Onna Voellmer
Cerrillos, NM
TO DANCE WITH THE WIND
Acrylic and mixed media
17” x 21” x 1.5”
2023
$1535
About
I earned my Bachelors of Fine Arts, in both painting and sculpture, in 2000. My formal studies include fine arts, geography, soil science, and anthropology. I am a contemporary abstract artist, living and working in northern New Mexico. I’ve been painting professionally for 18 years, and full-time for 12 years. Collections include the Element Hotel by Marriot in Sedona Arizona, Baron Properties in Phoenix Arizona, Montana Wilderness Association in Helena Montana, and Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland Washington. Both my paintings and wall sculptures have been used in the Showtine TV series: The Curse. My work was awarded the Grand Prize at the 18th Annual Artlink Juried Competition at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2015. My work has been exhibited nationally from Los Angeles to Baltimore, and has found homes with collectors nationally and internationally.
Artist Statement
My work touches on that space between “place” and “self”— two concepts that on one hand are concrete and on the other hand are elusive. These concepts are so interconnected I cannot separate them, as if one does not exist without the other. My work is both meditative and literal, taking on the unique feel of being in a landscape—that feeling of space, the sun warming your skin, memories that are awoken by the scents, the sound of a bee nearby, the blurry flash of a bird that just passes your gaze. My work is a weaving of place and self, and an exploration of the interconnection between them. It is an exploration of consciousness, memory, and experience—our consciousness intertwined with place, landscapes, and nature. I’m interested in creating a meditative space, one that invites, and reflects, a deeper connection between self and world, without separateness.
Art from Onna Voellmer in other TAAC exhibitions
This is Onna Voellmer's first TAAC exhibition