Easy Rider, 1931
Anne Storno
Screenprinting water-based inks on 300gsm Cartridge Paper
Original Print, 50 x 70 x 1 cm
Limited Edition of 15
Anne Storno
About Anne Storno
I am a printmaker and mixed media artist based in London. I rely on photography, drawing, paint, and collage to explore the world around me. In my artworks, images are combined, removed from their original narrative context and reconfigured into a new scenario. Some of my works are based on collages, transformed into a handmade screenprint. I appreciate the messiness of sticky glue, soggy paper and the unpredictable nature of the final product. I am interested in working on the boundaries between collage and technology. My visual language embraces the brightness of Pop art. I like the screen printing media because it is no longer confined to a simple impression on paper, it offers artists a way to experiment and fail, to test colour relationships and play with ideas. Often appropriating visual themes and incorporating these as printed motifs, I adopt a playful approach in my practice. Inspiration is found in my surroundings: colours, lines, shapes, and patterns that can be found in cities, design and fashion and try to find humour in day to day life. I am inspired also by pets and their special place in our family life.
Exhibitions:- The Strand gallery, 20 - 24th June 2017
- The Latest Edition, Linden Hall Studio, 9 - 30th July 2107
- North and South Gallery, Highgate, June 2017
- Affordable Art Fair Hampstead - May 2017
- Lasting Impressions: a selection of works from the Printmakers Council archive, Scarborough Art Gallery, 25th March - 18th june
- Selected in the Scaraborough Art Gallery and Museum Archive
- Loosely Bound, the Printroom, December 2016 – January 2017
- North and South Gallery, Highgate, Contemporarti, December 2016
- Belsize Village, December 2016
- Loosely Bound, Highgate gallery, December 2016
- LLS, Hampstead, October – November 2016
- In two part, Lombard Street Gallery, Margate, August 2016
- Mixed Media exhibition, A&D Gallery, London, June 2016
About the Product
You see them everywhere, outside cool cafés and city parks, snuggled into little coats or snoring quietly in their baskets in the corners of smart boutiques. They sit on the chicest laps and attend the glitziest parties. The French bulldog is definitely fashion.
I have played with the dog image by imaging it like a motorbike rider. The title "Easy rider" comes from a "road film" from 1969, a tale of a search for freedom (or the illusion of freedom) in a conformist and corrupt America.By placing it in a surprising decorum, I try to find humor in day to day life.
Please note colour may vary (only slightly) in the flesh.
This screen print was hand printed in water based inks on 300gsm Cartridge Paper.