ANAMARIE PAREDES DESIGN STUDIO ABOUT

BEHIND THE WELDING MASK

 

Paredes Studio is a design studio located in the Northern Virginia area delivering fine art experiences and art restoration projects since 2012. AnaMarie Paredes is the lead designer and her love of art spans from steel, bronze, and acrylic paint.

 

Her passion for metal is driven by the challenge of taking a material typically thought of as commercial and industrial, metal, and turning it into something delicate, intricate, and unexpected. Her 5 metal series are stylistically varied, yet show her focus on architectural lines, texture, shape, balance, and light. Her drive to attain spatial balance through positive and negative space often plays out in her work's thoughtful and ethereal shadows. She strives to engage the viewer, inviting them to join the connection between her work and the space it fills. Her focus on organic textures and colors inspires a more personal engagement with her compositions, further driving the connection between the viewer, art form, and space.

 

In October of 2013, AnaMarie had the honor to work side by side with renowned metal artist Albert Paley. During her three week stay as a visiting artist, she worked with him on a variety of projects and attended several public events as part of his studio staff.

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In 2024, AnaMarie's artistic curiosities led her to canvas, where she discovered a deep appreciation for the boundless nature of color and the liberating absence of physical boundaries that paint provides. Unlike the fixed dimensions and inherent limitations of steel, paint allows her an unrestrained exploration of form and texture. She explores texture, building layers that invite tactile engagement and visual depth. Her strong, abstract shapes and bold strokes to convey emotion and energy. Through these paintings, AnaMarie strives to capture the raw energy of creative freedom paint offers as she continues to evolve her artistic exploration of color.

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