Anastasia Varnalis-Weigle creates works with strong visual assemblages and altered books with thematic messages of deception, corruption, love, hope, and redemption. Even when she paints, she feels the need (compelled) to add ephemeral pieces or found objects onto her canvases. When she is not teaching, she runs a small bookbinding studio (In A Bind) as a book conservator and book artist in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Her works have shown in Maine, New Hampshire, Iowa, Chicago, and Pennsylvania.
