Anna Feil, Uptown resident and artist, imagines a parlor brimming with eccentric and formidable women who refuse to be anything but fabulous. Feil\u2019s future \u201cPuppet Girl Parlor\u201d will showcase her signature, textured paintings of all things imperfectly beautiful.<\/p>\n
For those curious to peruse her artwork today, Feil will present her paintings at ArtWalk @ Liberty Station on Aug. 12 and 13.<\/p>\n Feil\u2019s original work will be among 200 local, regional and international artists staging their paintings, sculptures, photography, jewelry, and work in glass, metal and wood.<\/p>\n Burrowed within the park venue of Ingram Plaza, ArtWalk @ Liberty Station will also host live music, dancing, a beer and wine pavilion, and its popular KidsWalk with family-friendly, interactive art activities.<\/p>\n \u201cLiberty Station\u2019s Ingram Plaza is the perfect place to highlight and celebrate fine art,\u201d said Sandi Cottrell, ArtWalk @ Liberty Station\u2019s managing director. \u201cHighly coveted spaces [only 50 percent of applicants are chosen] will showcase seasoned artists and proven new talents like Anna\u2019s playful, colorful and whimsical work.\u201d<\/p>\n Feil is recognized for her expressive, vibrantly colorful, flawed portraits of women. Noting that her figures \u201care not fine,\u201d she relishes in imperfection.<\/p>\n \u201cMy work is a dialogue between my imagination, my intuition and my imperfections,\u201d she said. \u201cSelf-improvisation evolves from self-inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n Using \u201ca lot\u201d of mixed media, Feil ventures through antique parlors and estate sales searching for collectible photographs, magazines, vintage clothing and fabrics to incorporate as textured fragments into her paintings.<\/p>\n \u201cMy paintings are character studies of all things vintage,\u201d she said. \u201cMy paintings are beautiful explorations created in constant state of flux. I create my own realm of femininity using wax, paint, color, fabric, photographs, everything vintage plus anything that strikes my fancy.\u201d<\/p>\n Feil also utilizes the Encaustic method for layering texture on canvas. The unique \u201cancient\u201d Egyptian method manipulates beeswax, resin and oil paint. Melted beeswax serves as a painting component that jumbles the artistic outcome by wreaking havoc into a \u201cdefining foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always been intrigued by the Encaustic method,\u201d she said. \u201cI paint with oils, overlay fabric, place a glaze of wax over the top and scrape and scrape with a razor blade. I constantly add and rework every piece. Although I\u2019m always surprised by the outcome, I honestly have no control over the outcome. I simply embrace every happy accident as a fun surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n Portraits are composed naturally, with little attention to structure.<\/p>\n \u201cMy art flows organically because I stumble when I try to make things happen. I can start with something subtle but it usually turns into something else. So, I accept whatever way my art chooses to flow,\u201d Feil said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnna uses wax to create colorful, abstract depictions of women,\u201d Cottrell said. \u201cHer paintings are like a bright San Diego summer day!\u201d<\/p>\n Feil\u2019s love of rich colors stems from her admiration of German Expressionist painters like Otto Dix and California artist Joan Brown.<\/p>\n \u201cColor is healing,\u201d she said. \u201cColor evokes a mood. Color makes me happy.\u201d<\/p>\n The Florida native spent six years in Hawaii before setting up her home and art studio with her husband and daughter Pearl in the Uptown area. Inspired by her love of San Diego \u2014 \u201cthe people, San Diego\u2019s beauty and of course, the beach\u201d \u2014 Feil paints \u201call aspects of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m inspired by everything that I see,\u201d she said. \u201cPearl inspires me. Street signs inspire me. A vintage dress can inspire me to design a pattern. I\u2019m even inspired by people-watching at a laundromat.\u201d<\/p>\n Inspiration becomes artistic endeavors.<\/p>\n \u201cMy paintings are a response to people I meet, colors I see, textures I touch and the energy that surrounds me,\u201d she continued. \u201cWomen inspire me. My work thrives on the strength of women.\u201d<\/p>\n Feil \u2014 who earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia \u2014 spends her days working with children with autism.<\/p>\n \u201cI work full-time, but I paint constantly,\u201d she said. \u201cAfter caring for my husband and my 11-year-old, I paint. Any and all extra time is devoted to painting.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Anna](\"https:\/\/sduptownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/web-MAIN-Damsels.jpg\")
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But for now, Feil sells her work from her home studio. The first-time denizen of ArtWalk @ Liberty Station said she was \u201cthrilled\u201d to be selected for this year\u2019s 12el<\/sup> anniversary event.<\/p>\n