coddiwomple …(kod’ e wom ple ) (v.)
“To Travel Purposefully Toward an As-Yet Unknown Destination”
English slang
Ann Mohan
Artist Statement
My cloth has stories embedded in its fibers. I wait, listen, translate.
My intention is, bring into being that which I hear and imagine. Merging the science of color and the elements of art, my cloth speaks.
Enter my art.
Ann E Mohan Bio
Ann E Mohan (AEM-1958) is an American artist. Combining life experiences in Missouri and Florida, she integrates the glow of the coasts and the solidity/ grounding of the Midwest. AEM resides in St Charles, MO.
She has an educational background in the sciences, nursing, and anesthesia that contribute to her works today.
A life long crafter, encouraged by her mother, AEM has continued to educate herself in the topics of sewing, quilting , art, surface design , and color theories. (AEM is a certified instructor in the scientific based Michael Wilcox School of Color.)
Ann has been highly influenced by the following :
- Claire Benn ( UK Artist & Educator)
- Carol Soderlund ( American Educator & Author)
- John C Campbell Folk School (American)
- Dunedin Fines Arts Center ( American)
- Fiber Arts Take Two Platform ( AU)
- Tracy Verdugo ( AU artist and instructor)
- Michael Wilcox
AEM finds inspiration in architecture, nature, culture, history and Color. Her favorite artists are:
- Hasegawa Tohaku, ancient Japan
- Frank Lloyd Wright, Mid 20th Century America
- Mark Rothko, Lativan American 20th Century
- Claire Benn, UK current
- Rachel Hayes , American current
- Early on, AEM gravitated to textiles by quiltmaking for family and friends. Her textile art today focuses on a more Modern style, utilizing environmentally friendly dyes, earth pigments, and threads to bring into being abstracts that are relatable. Improvisational stitching may complete a cloth’s story.
On a practical level, and as with all art movements, the current (21st) century need for sustainable utilization of disposable products has influenced AEM’s minimal waste practice.
