SOFA and Blue Chicago

“Drift”, textile painting (eco-printed wool, cotton, stitching), 24 x 17 inches © Ayn Hanna

“Drift” (above) is now part of the Fairview Ridges Hospital collection and will be hung in the Cancer Clinic in Burnsville, MN.

SOFA Chicago

Visiting the windy city in early Nov to see the SOFA show, I was reminded […]

How making Art made me want to learn Science

“Carbon-Carbon Triple Bond” is another of my personal badge pieces. This piece was purchased from our “Must Love Art” Exhibition and is now a part of the permanent collection of the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University.

“Carbon-Carbon Triple Bond”, 5 x 5 inches, mini textile painting (vintage fabrics, […]

Surrounded in Love: Must Love Art

Barbara and I with our two Host Couple families in front of the Wall of Hearts

It was the Best of Times! And the show is still up through 9/27.

Our Wedding and Must Love Art Show Opening Reception were everything we’d hoped for. Many of our family and friends joined us for […]

Survival & Self-Reliance: Visual Autobiography Part 5

What’s your earliest vivid childhood memory?

Fear and Courage, the adrenaline rush of believing I was going to die, at age 3 and a half.

Growing up in Topeka, KS (aka Tornado Alley) summer time meant lightning bugs, hot humid days, and too many killer tornadoes. June 8, 1966, I rode […]

More Personal Badges: Visual Autobiography Part 4

During my 21 year career in high tech, I’ve worked for 4 Silicon Valley technology companies in a variety of roles – HR and IT Strategic Business Planning, Project Management, Executive Coaching and Facilitation, and Employee Relations to name several.

In the early 2000’s, although I was living in CO, my role required me to […]

Peace and Abundance

It’s been a weird week of emotions. 2 art exhibit openings and my wedding coming up in early September have had me on a good high. But news of a local artist friend being hospitalized in critical condition (because he was beaten by some as-yet-unknown persons while confronting them for shooting off fireworks at 12:30 […]

Must Love Art: A Collaborative Art Exhibit and Love Story

It’s true. After a mere 50 years on this planet, I’m getting hitched. And since we’re both artists, we thought, what better way to celebrate than to have a big art show?

“Must Love Art” is a large 2250 sqft. multi-medium collaborative exhibit by Barbara Gilhooly and […]

Visual Autobiography Part 3: More Personal Badges

A couple of notable transient “states of being” I acknowledge

Wait for it….

“Patience”, 5 x 5 inches, mini textile painting, ©2014 Ayn Hanna

At times that patience wears thin and passion takes over…

“Angry Girl”, 5 x 5.5 inches, mini textile painting ©2014 Ayn […]

Visual Autobiography Part 2

More Badges

Here’s a few more I’ve made in the past week:

“Catcher”, 5 x 4 inches, mini textile painting ©2014 Ayn Hanna

Softball…One of my great loves. I would play on any day in any way. I would play in the snow and on the go, in any weather or with a […]

Badges: A Visual Autobiography – New Works in Progress

With 3 exhibitions coming up within the next 3 months, I’ve been focused on getting my studio practice revved back up and have several new works in progress.

One of my upcoming shows is “Must Love Art”, a large collaborative show with my partner Barbara Gilhooly, opening on Sept. 5th at the CCC Gallery […]