Woodblock Artist Anna Pausch was raised in the Finger Lakes amongst backpackers and environmental scientist. In 2015 she earned BFA in Printmaking and a minor in Fibers from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. Since, her love of the outdoors returned her to central NY and now to Denver, CO. The high altitude and desert landscapes of Colorado and the South West surprise the longtime east coaster; inspiring her new body of work.

For Anna, carving each woodblock is an intimate and very human process. Each piece is an homage to the feeling of the place in relation to our human impact upon the environment and ecosystem. With the culmination of her visceral experience of hiking the landscape, sketches and photographs she carves each detail with the same awareness of each step on a trail. Adjusting her grip with the woodblock’s woodgrain as if she were stepping over roots or around rocks.