Impressionistic Woodcuts, Reimagined

Anna Pausch is a woodblock printmaker and multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the sensory experience of landscape and humanity’s relationship to the natural world. Raised in New York’s Finger Lakes region among backpackers and environmental scientists, she developed an early connection to ecology and place. She earned her BFA in Printmaking with a minor in Fibers from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2015 and is now based in Denver, Colorado, where the high-altitude deserts and expansive terrain of the West continue to inspire her work.

For Anna, carving each woodblock is an intimate and deeply human process. Drawing on time spent hiking, along with field sketches and photographs, she approaches the block with the same awareness as moving through a landscape—adjusting her grip to the wood grain, as if stepping over roots or navigating around rocks. Printed on paper and cloth, her impressionistic woodcuts serve as an homage to place, capturing both the feeling of being there and the subtle impact of human presence on the environment.

Curriculumn Vitae

Education

2011-15 BFA - Printmaking, Fiber Minor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2010-11 Rotary Exchange Student, Kanchanaburi HS, Kanchanaburi, THAILAND

2009 Summer Full Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Grants & Awards

2025 Best in Printmaking, La Quinta Encore Art Festival, La Quinta, CA

2025 Best in Show, Pearl Street Art Festival, Boulder, CO

2025 2cd Place: Digital Graphics & Printmaking, St. George Art Festival, St. George, UT

2024 Printmaking Best in Show, Park City Kimball Arts Festival, Park City, UT

2023 Best in Show Community, Ridgeway Rendezvous, Ridgeway, CO

2011-15 Trustees Scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Group Exhibitions

2025 BMoCA's ARTMIX Auction & Fundraiser, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO

2023 Holiday Pop-up Shop, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Gift Shop, Boulder, CO

Current Exhibitions & Representation

Art Festivals

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Art Festivals 〰️

July

Friday-Sunday 17-19, Pearl St Arts Fest, Boulder, CO

Friday-Sunday 24-26, Carbondale Arts Festival, Carbondale, CO

August

Saturday, 30, Affordable Arts Festival, Littleton, CO

October

Saturday-Sunday 10-11, Firefly Handmade Fall Market, Boulder, CO TBD

November

Thursday-Sunday 12-15, La Quinta Encore, La Quinta, CA

December

Saturday-Sunday 13-21, Armadillo Bazaar, Austin, TX

January February

Saturday-Sunday 31-1 Kierland Fine Art & Wine Winter Festival, Kierland, AZ

March

Saturday-Sunday 7-8, Litchfield Park Art & Wine Festival. Litchfield, AZ

Saturday-Sunday 28-29, Bayou City Art Festival, Houston, TX

April

Friday-Sunday 24-26, Art in the Square, Southlake, TX

May

Saturday-Sunday 16-17, Firefly Handmade Spring Market, Boulder, CO TBD

Saturday-Sunday 23-24, Denver Art Festival, Denver, CO