Unbound to one medium, Eleanor Annand applies varying techniques and ideas to paintings, prints, drawings, and ceramics. In her solo exhibition, a large-scale clay installation features intuitive drawings on the surface that are then echoed in her pen and ink illustrations. Each process acts as a meditative practice. Annand’s explorations from one medium to another can be likened to the inflorescence of a flowering plant, that when combined, they form a succinct bloom.

"Observations of the natural word have taught me countless lessons—beautiful and brutal simultaneously. My great grandfather immigrated from Scotland as a gardener by trade. My father studied landscape architecture and was a devoted gardener. There is a botanical reverence that runs through my family and for me it manifests not only in the study of plants but also in my studio as I sculpt and draw.

Inflorescence is inspired by cycles of growth and change, as well as the abundant texture and diverse organic forms that surround me in Western North Carolina. The compositions represent both micro and macro views of the garden and the many metaphors it offers for the human experience."

- Eleanor Annand