Anne-Elizabeth Sobieski

Visual Art – Pomona

Anne-Elizabeth Sobieski is a Los Angeles-based painter working in oil on linen. Using saturated colors and lush textures, she processes images from the world around her, exploring emotional undercurrents, inevitable loss, and the instinct to protect what is loved. In Sobieski’s luminous, abstractive canvases, moments from daily life become expressionistic responses to encroaching feelings, tensions underlying the familiar, and possibilities not yet realized. “I want the imagery to be as direct as possible, but also suggestive of things beyond the obvious,” says Sobieski. “A particular image may serve as a point of entry, but what is ultimately revealed carries more depth—more reality—than the original visual reference.” Most recently, “Domestic,” Sobieski’s Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition, presented works ranging in scale from the intimate to the life-sized. It was shown at the Peggy Phelps Gallery at Claremont Graduate University in February/March 2011. Prior to receiving her MFA, Sobieski received a Bachelor of Fine Art (1995) from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.