Ani Kinyon

ANI KINYON is a self taught artist who first honed her artist skills as a teenager learning watercolors from her art & music teacher grandmother. From a family of artists, Ani initially steered away from the arts. She graduated university in engineering and math, only to circle back to a full time commitment to painting in her mid-twenties.

Her initial work was hyper-realistic, working with acrylics as her medium. Today she chooses to switch between styles and mediums, always striving to keep learning, keep things fresh, and to keep enjoying the process of creating works of art.

Her latest works include loose abstracts, textural works built from plaster, as well as a series of fading florals.

Ani recently moved to Asheville, North Carolina and is excited to begin a new artistic chapter within the vast community of artists creating in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.

Ani has been represented by galleries in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Connecticut & New Orleans. Her pieces can be found in collections across the country. She currently works and shows from the Modern Muse Gallery in Asheville.

CURRENT ARTIST STATEMENT. Where I am now.

Where I am now is in the process of learning to create from a place of mindfulness, flow, and instinct. The technical, linear and taught process is becoming somewhat secondary. I’m striving to create a feeling or emotion from the viewer, rather than recreate something already found in the world. I’m looking for the viewer to come to a conceptual thought or idea on their own. I hope to have the work evoke something on a more intrinsic, spiritual level; something that comes forward from below the surface.

The adherence to the technical aspects of painting are giving way to work that is created with intention, but with the space to play, experiment, expand and grow. My hope is that these organic qualities come through the work and move the viewer as much as I’ve been moved in creating each piece.