Anna Waschke

Anna Waschke is a mixed media artist who specializes in assemblage, stained glass and acrylics. This series of Epitaphs were inspired by archival prints I collected while studying at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Like most of the Arctic, many of these places are now unrecognizable. The webs of life we move in are complex and fragile, and easily disrupted. As she works on the Epitaphs, she incorporate found objects, scraps of organic materials and bits of flotsam collected from the beach. She's inspired by the patina of history that accumulates on old and discarded things, the majestic power of our natural places and the relationships we build with them.