Anna K. Lemnitzer
University of Montana

"...the skin had been picked raw"
Acrylic, ink, graphite, wallpaper, found objects
3' x 7' x 19"

Painting manifests itself not only in the application of a medium, but in its capacity to transform.  Painting is rooted in powerful processes and histories which give it a foundation of strength.  However, its ability to evolve into ideas which can be readily manipulated to create areas of space, color, sound and movement only intensifies painting as a field of
investigation and discourse.  Painting has developed into a living and breathing art form whose tentacles reach into numerous spheres, continually branching and expanding, ever changing.