Inside the Studio

Visit with Anna Koeferl

Close-up of a neutral, abstract painting of a banana tree by artist Anna Koeferl.

Anna Koeferl invites us inside her New Orleans studio ahead of her presentation at Art on Paper in New York.

A close-up of artist Anna Koeferl painting a figurative silhouette with a thin black paintbrush.
A close-up of artist Anna Koeferl working on a gestural, figurative work on paper.
A framed, abstract work on paper with undulating lines by artist Anna Koeferl.

Using a variety of drawing media, Anna’s gestural abstractions depict a distilled tropical landscape that intermingles with shape and pattern.

For this collection, I was inspired to create simplified tropical landscape motifs in a direct but playful way.

Anna Koeferl

Close-up of a beige and black work by artist Anna Koeferl.
Black, gestural lines on grid paper by artist Anna Koeferl.
A close-up of artist Anna Koeferl painting swaths of cobalt blue on paper.

Balancing textured ink brushstrokes with flat color, this piece is created by layering abstract botanical elements with geometric shapes along a defined grid structure.

Anna Koeferl

Bright blue botanical leaves on paper by artist Anna Koeferl.
A framed, gestural work of a blue banana tree by artist Anna Koeferl.
Close up of a blue painting on paper of a banana tree by artist Anna Koeferl.

Artworks by Anna Koeferl

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