Lee
Ann Frame
Artist’s Statement
My heart and mind must be integrated when I create. It is a
way of thinking, believing, and responding that allows an
opening to explore concepts like absence, imperfection, and
emptiness. Through this opening beauty, love, and
perspective enter. I intuitively turn to the rhythm of
landscape–reflections and patterns–gathering images and
emotional impressions. Once the first mark is made, I am
collaborating with the process, allowing the concept and
surface to evolve. I experiment with traditional printmaking
techniques. Layers, surface texture, and outcome can hold
unpredicted surprises, irregularity, and imperfections–like
life. The residue of memory, imagination, and emotion
nurtures my art.
Biography
Lee Ann Frame lives and works in her studio that overlooks
Norris Creek in the village of Fruitport in West Michigan.
She and her husband Jeff, have two sons, Jacob and Katie,
Nathan and Michelle and grandson, William Michael.
Click here to read more about Lee Ann.
Memories
color reduction woodcut
The Adventures of Friendship
multiple color plate etching
Highland Creek, Scotland, II
etching 18" x 12"
End of Lake Street
etching and aquatint
Memories
color reduction woodcut
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Ann Frame
Education
M.F.A., Printmaking, Kendall College of Design, Grand Rapids, MI
B.F.A., Painting, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Theology Certificate, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI
Graduate of Hollander’s Book Arts, Ann Arbor, MI
Studied with Master Printmaker, Jonathan Clemens, Shelbyville, MI
Professional Career
Instructor of Art at Muskegon Community College, Muskegon, MI
President of West Shore Graphic Arts Society, MI
Signature Member of the International Society of Experimental
Artists,
Recent Awards Honors and Exhibitions
Boston Printmakers 2011 North American Print Biennial, 2011
Best of Show, 2009/2010, Statewide Print, Alma College, Alma MI
Festival Grand Rapids, MI Vinecroft Award, 2011
Overbrook Gallery 2011 Muskegon Community College, 2011
Annual Statewide Print Competition, Alma College, Alma, MI 2010-2011
The PRINT, Statewide Print, Ann Arbor, MI 2011
Collections
Alma College, Alma, MI
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
North Ottawa Hospital
Gallery Representation
Gallery Uptown, Grand Haven, MI
Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Muskegon Museum of Art Gift Store, Muskegon, MI
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