All Blog Posts — Inspiring Artists

For my first spotlight on inspiring artists, I couldn’t think of a better place to begin than with Anni Albers. Ellie and I often talk about how much we admire her work, her bold designs, innovative techniques, and her distinctive visual language continue to inspire us both, and they’ve deeply influenced Ellie’s own practice over the years Born in 1899 in Berlin, Albers initially aspired to be a painter but she found her initial training as a painter stifling. Her teacher Oskar Kokoschka discouraged her from continuing, and the Impressionist Martin Brandenburg forbade her to use the colour black.  She...