Amy Kollar Anderson

I find comfort in chaos. My studio, filled with an excessive assortment of oddities, is where I am most comfortable. It is my world-within-a-world; where patterned rugs lay overlapping on the floor, costumed mannequins observe from the corner, brocade fabrics hang from my easel, plastic-encased bugs refract light in the window and magazine clippings overlap on striped walls. The juxtaposition of objects and images helps me create new narratives or conjure the memories and dreams that inspire my paintings. The images capture this juxtaposition by appearing simultaneously vintage, yet modern, and beautiful, yet disturbing. I focus on themes of obsession, contrast, containment and control.