Outside over there finds Anya returning to landscape painting, rummaging through the digital detritus of stock footage and destination marketing to build something with feeling.

 At different points misty, magical and menacing, these works put a stake in the ground for the very same natural world they commodify.

 The push and pull of this cognitive dissonance mirrors the viewer’s experience of the picture plane itself, as it takes you on a tour of your escape hatch.

Aaron Hawkins, November 2024