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Artist's Statement:

Annie Pasikov’s mom always found rocks in Annie’s pockets and everywhere when she was a kid.  Today, it’s the same story only now her sculpted rocks are traveling far and wide finding new homes. She received a teaching degree in art from Illinois State University in 1970 although stone sculpting wasn’t taught there. After teaching art for grades 1-12 in a small town for three years, she adventured into rural Ontario to teach art and assist the director at a residential school for troubled teens for eleven years..

Recently, after lifelong urges, she taught herself to carve stones, a way to honor their innate beauty while giving wings to her passion for creating.  Annie’s new career in sculpting was a vital element in her journey of finding healing from breast cancer.  Lately, Annie has been adding a “trademark” to her works: a decorative curved line symbolizing transformation from the emotional scar of illness to wonderful new strength and enthusiasm, the personal outgrowth of such a challenge. The aliveness she knows when sculpting spills over into the rest of her living. 

Annie can often be heard encouraging people to follow their dreams, and to do whatever feeds their souls.  For this reason she shares the pleasure of sculpting through teaching all ages from the beginner to the apprentice.  Her flowing sculptures are inspired by a sense of communion with the movement of Life.  Perhaps the whisper of intuition that seems to help guide what emerges - a unique blend of art sense and sixth sense, is what has moved so many people by her pieces, some even to tears.  Annie accepts commissions for those who prefer a more personalized piece, with a wide variety of stones from which to choose.