Artist Reception: "Desert Whispers" by Anne Hoff
Capital City Arts Initiative is delighted to present work by Anne Hoff in the Desert Whispers exhibition. She captures a sense of surface and line from the landscape into her images. The exhibition runs through April 9, 2025. The gallery is open to the public, Monday through Friday, 8am – 5pm.
Within the past several decades spent in Nevada and Arizona, Hoff has been inspired by the vast spaces of the West. Stunning vistas and isolated landscapes have dominated the visual language in her work. She uses the desert flora to accentuate the solitude.
Hoff made the majority of her pieces using classic lithography printing techniques. “Stone lithographs are a traditional printmaking technique that involves drawing directly onto a stone with an oil-based crayon or ink. The artist will then use a series of chemical processes to fix the image to the stone, and then wipe away the original drawing to leave a trace on the stone. The stone is then dampened and inked, and the artist will apply pressure to transfer the ink to paper.”(from the internet). The exhibition presents several of the heavy stone blocks that Hoff used to create her images.
