Statement

I was raised in a Vermont village of less than 50 voters, and lived with pet raccoons, a sparrow hawk, reptiles, and an interesting sequence of domestic animals - including human. I drew, painted, read, and wrote plays and puppet scripts for community productions. My early life is the foundation for my art and writing.
The evolving bestiary in my paintings is also inspired by many years working in the world of animation, a lifelong love of comics and cartoons, natural history, and the art and stories of indigenous and early cultures. I'm interested in comparing human behavior and traits with those of the other animals, and looking for similarities and differences. Amalgamated or hybrid animals have been my subject since a childhood fascination with the Duckbilled Platypus. Juxtapositions and paradoxes are the main themes, and these probably have their roots in a childhood fascination with the Lemming and the Porcupine. I think of my work as being like the Trickster character in myth who is the spirit of the in-between, the crossroads, the melding of opposite traits.

The current series of paintings, 'Canines and Primates', reflects my view of modern life: dogs, animal people and humor as metaphors for our nonsensical human condition.

Bio

Anna Dibble worked, for many years, in the animation studios of Disney, Marvel, Hanna Barbera, Murakami Wolf, and Don Bluth. Some of the many television and theatrical productions she worked on in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Manhattan: The Black Cauldron, Transformers, Tron, Flintstones, Dungeons and Dragons, Wile E. Coyote, and The Electric Company.
She was also a freelance writer, co-concept designer and composer for Children's Television Workshop's Sesame Street. For over 30 years, Dibble - primarily a self trained artist - has exhibited her animal art extensively in New England galleries and cultural centers, including the Plum Gallery in Williamstown,MA, Lazy Pear Gallery in Montpelier, VT, Helen Day Art Center in Stowe, VT, and the Wilson Museum in Manchester, VT.

Resume

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