Artist Statement

Architect, futurist, artist, Anika Savage has gained attention incorporating fiber into her work in experimental ways.  She has earned degrees from Pratt Institute, University of California at Berkeley and Babson College.  Anika divides her time between New England and the Southeastern U.S.. 

From an early age, Anika was a maker. She and her grandmother made realistic crepe-paper flowers and a miniature Christmas village that expanded each year. Her mother was also an influence; making time for art while raising young children. Anika sketched, painted, did stain glass, created pottery and worked with fiber sewing, knitting and doing macrame throughout her school years.  

She achieved recognition as an architect, a career that combined her passions for artistic expression, design and analysis. Upon becoming a corporate architect, she took the opportunity to earn a Masters in Business Administration. This led to her next career as an organizational strategist, futurist and published author. Anika has now circled back to her first love as a full time artist.

Anika is is known for her abstract realism with both representational  elements as well as the ethereal, mystical and other worldly. Her work creates a touchstone to both the natural and supernatural. Working with paint, fiber, paper and other objects, she loves the textural quality of a piece achieved through juxtaposition and layering.  

After years of  experience in challenging fields Anika is now devoting herself entirely to her art. She is a signature member of the National Association of Women Artists and has served on the board of the Florida Chapter.bbShe has exhibited regionally and nationally in art centers, associations, galleries and sponsored exhibitions, winning several competitive awards. Her work has been featured in American Art Collector, Observica, Home & Design, and Naples Illustrated magazines.  Career highlights include her solo exhibit in a prestigious venue in Naples and an art residency in Sarasota.  

A Quote

that struck my soul and stayed with me…

"I'm not interested in 'abstracting' or taking things out or reducing painting to design, form, line, and color. I paint this way because I can keep putting more things in it - drama, anger, pain, love, a figure, a horse, my ideas about space. Through your eyes it again becomes an emotion or idea."

Willem de Kooning