“Departure,” painted pigment on paper (2025); and “Emphera,” slate, porcelain, and hand printed paper and markings (2024) by Anne-Marie Uebbing, associate professor of Nursing at 麻豆色情片.
For Anne-Marie Uebbing, associate professor of Nursing at 麻豆色情片, the lines between her professional life and her artistic passion are beautifully blurred.
Art has become a way of life for the dedicated professor, she explained.
“Focusing on a personal passion is a way to keep yourself a whole person,” she said. “We’re all given a gift, and if we don’t recognize it and accept it and act on it, you’re robbing yourself of some essential reward that life can give you.”
An artist from a young age, Uebbing has cultivated a creative practice that not only informs her personal expression, but also melds with her profound understanding of the human condition.
As an artist who likes to experiment with different media, her art is as varied as her life experiences. For example, Uebbing is a member of the Tivoli Artists Gallery, a collective of working artists, where she exhibits a range of her creations. Her work includes wood sculpture, two-dimensional pieces, and prints, among many other mediums. Notably, Uebbing uses a bandsaw to create forms in wood rather than carving, a technique she adopted after injuring her shoulder while working with stone and a pneumatic drill.
Beyond sculpture, Uebbing is a dedicated printmaker, often producing up to 80 prints during an intensive week-long residency she undertakes each year. She also creates her own pigments and paper pulp, a process she finds as compelling as the final product.
Her current artistic focus is an agrarian theme, which she explores through topographical views in tapestry, painting, and wood sculpture. This fascination with landscape and perspective dates back to her childhood, when she struggled with her vision and was later inspired by the aerial paintings of Richard Diebenkorn.
Uebbing’s art is deeply intertwined with her professional life in nursing. She recounts how her art would often come from things in her life, like using human cells as references for her work.
Her passions really converge in her exploring the therapeutic benefits of art. For example, Uebbing is currently collaborating with her son on a project to compose music targeted at reducing depression and anxiety. The duo views it as a potential mood-stabilizing tool that can be used alongside medication or other therapies.
Uebbing has also worked with organizations like Julliard and the Mark Morris Dance Theatre to explore how movement and music can help patients with movement disorders like Parkinson’s.
“Keeping the connectivity in the brain through sound, music, color, and movement is extremely important,” she said.
Losing a creative outlet, which happens to many people afflicted with movement disorders, is a devastating experience, Uebbing said. She hopes her work in this field can help such people to reclaim some of the artistic opportunities they once thought were closed off to them.
Uebbing is as much interested in the process of making the art as she is in the final piece. She finds the tools, concept, and experimentation to be an art form in themselves. This philosophy stems, in part, from a childhood experience where she received a failing grade for coloring the sun blue, because it didn’t conform to her teacher’s rigid expectations.
She argues that while there is a science to art, it can be counterproductive to turn it into a repeatable process that anyone can replicate. Uebbing and her gallery are committed to exhibiting original pieces, believing that the authentic, time-intensive process of creation is what makes art truly valuable in an age of instantaneous reproductions and AI.
Her multifaceted work will be on display at an upcoming group show at , with an opening reception on October 18, 2025, from 5 to 7 p.m. Uebbing’s contributions to the show will include wood pieces and prints that align with the gallery's agrarian theme. The Tivoli Artists Gallery is located at 60 Broadway, Tivoli, N.Y.