Ann Lofquist, Sycamore and Mistletoe

Alamo Creek 2012, Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA

The artist, Ann Lofquist, was commissioned by the Packard Foundation to capture the landscape of the Packard Family ranch in Northern California. Ann Lofquist is a painter whose landscapes resonate with a strong sense of place. Her intimate views capture transitory moments in time such as twilight, dusk, and dawn. Human yearnings and philosophical queries into our relationship with nature are all expressed through her exquisite rendition of form and light.

She paints directly from the subject on small wooden panels in short, single sessions, then returns to her studio and uses these small sketches as source material for large studio paintings that take months to complete and often deviate from the original scene considerably.