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Anne Irwin Fine Art

“Wherever I am, the world comes after me,
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe
that I do not want it. Now I understand
why the poets of China went so far and high
into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist…”

The Old Poets of China,
Mary Oliver

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Trying to fill this wall with the last little bits of summer…
#oilpainting #blueridge #landscapepainting #ncmountains

Coming in hot from Asheville…always inspired by my visits to @bluespiral1 and @momentumgallery. See my stories for the latest addition to our personal collection.

#oilpainting #blueridgemountains #allaprima

In the place where I can be my most Mary Oliver:

“I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll throug

Finding more time behind the easel. Or maybe I should say, finding more rest behind the easel.

#oilpainting #contemporarylandscapepainting

I had a rare week on my own in the mountains. I read. I painted. I wrote. And I was quiet - no podcasts or music. I wanted to listen to that “still, small, voice.”
I heard the snort of a lone deer in the woods. I was chased by a mama turk

I’m excited to share my latest body of work - meditations on what we leave behind. “Under the Same Sun” will exhibit the work of 6 local artists for the months of June and July. If you’re in the Charlotte area on Thursday, Jun

“Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength, till

“When we make, we invite the abundance of God’s world into the reality of scarcity all about us. What endures will require risk and daily dying to ourselves. Certainly, the tears Christ shed at Bethany (John 11) and Jerusalem (Luke 13) m

The month of May has had a tough start. Needed some unscheduled time with a few of my favorites, a wide open beach, and quiet time to process.

“It is essential for man to have an untouched place in his land, just as it is essential for man to have an untouched place in his soul. And when I say untouched I am not talking about a sacred place where you may hardly breathe, but a place where life pushes forward in all its splendor. When I say untouched I mean a place full of turmoil and calm. Love and creativity originate in such a place in the soul. It’s a wild place.”

— Elisabet K Jokulsdottir