Ann Morris

Bronze and found object sculptor Ann Morris creates sculptures that speak to the cycle of life and spirituality of nature. Morris’s lost-wax bronze series Bone Journey plays off skeletal remains and vessel shapes. Her Crossings series consists of ethereal vessels constructed from organic materials such as seaweed, twigs, leaves, animal sinew and grasses. These vessels, with exposed framework, echo old boats and mark the passage of time.

Morris maintains a studio on Lummi Island, Washington. Her property “Sculpture Woods” is home to a series of monumental bronzes she created over the period of a decade. In his essay about Ann Morris’ and the body of work installed at “Sculpture Woods”, Ted Lindberg writes, "The sculptures have become consciously integrated with nature. They share with the trees, ferns and grasses, boulders and moss, the endless cycles of light, weather, birth, death, and renewal." Morris’ works entwine personal mythology, spirituality, and the nature that surrounds them.

Since 1969, Ann Morris has exhibited nationally, from Southern California and the Mid-west, to New England. Morris graduated from Pomona College and taught at the school of the Pasadena Art Museum before relocating to the Pacific Northwest in the mid-1980s. Her work has been exhibited in such museums as the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Los Angeles Museum of Art, and Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. Among the many public and private collections that hold her work are the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Museum of Northwest Art, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, the City of Portland, Knoxville Gallery of Art, and New York Public Library. Lisa Harris Gallery, now Harris Harvey Gallery, has represented the artist since 2007.