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Artist Ann Marie McTaggart is an experimental painter whose work can be seen at Gallery 103 and Three Rivers Gallery in downtown Sioux City. Formally an oncology RN, Ann obtained her degree in Studio Art from Morningside College along with a BFA and MA from USD. Ann has shown in juried shows throughout the Midwest, Louisiana, and New York. Some of Ann's solo shows include; The Hearst Center for the Arts in Cedar Falls Iowa, Northwestern College in Orange City Iowa, the Pearson Art Center in Okoboji Iowa, the Sioux City Art Center, the John Neihardt Center in Nebraska, and the Blanden Art Center in Fort Dodge Iowa. Ann's art has also been published in The Briar Cliff Review 2007 and 2016, The Siouxland Magazine 2009 and 2012, and in a recently published book The Holy Spirit of the New Testament by Marcie Shepard.
My Story
As a visual artist and a woman there are many issues of the feminine persona that are relevant within my compositions. Along with these facts is the opportunity I have had to work in the field of Oncology nursing for 35 years. Together these experiences have greatly affected the content of my work; content that centers upon man's courage and his ability to transcend obstacles towards a higher spiritual consciousness.
My personal artistic process is a hands-on manipulation of the media. This type of physical action offers me a method to make visible the true content of my work. My usual icon or vehicle of choice, that I have found relevant, is the bird form. For myself as an artist, I have found that the bird image symbolizes a spirituality, one which has been utilized for centuries as a religious icon of hope and enlightenment.
In so many words, I attempt to give to the inanimate object of the canvas a spiritual vitality. There are many issues that celebrate and identify our humanness. We are all assimilations of our relationships and situations. For me alone my life has been a journey of enlightenment. I only hope to present through my art a realism which is honest and can be shared by both the viewer and myself.
Willa Cather once wrote:
"What is art but an effort to make a sheath, a mound with which to imprison for a moment the shiny, elusive element which is life itself."
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