Oyster, Orchid
Paige Elton
See it On Campus: Level 1
Visitor InfoOyster, Orchid is the title that represents my collective body of work coming out of my years of practice at Emily Carr; both Oyster and Orchid are smooth yet sharp, twisting and lustrous, naturally occurring. Through painting, I seek to investigate the ways in which figurative and abstract images may create, space, light, shape, and colour; utilizing reoccurring gestures and forms, jagged marks and creeping lines alluding to flora and fauna; as well as particular motifs, such as fabric, feminine presence, dogs, eggs, shoes, candles and moons. I strive to create an ambiguous setting or instance to which viewers may project their own meaning or mood.
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Oyster, Orchid, oil on canvas, 60 x 72,” 2022
Devotion, oil on canvas, 41 x 53,” 2022
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Gingham, oil and spray paint on canvas 38 x 33,” 2022
Windy Day, oil on MDF with frame, 23 x 25,” 2022
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Beautiful Ogre Woman, oil on canvas, 35 x48,” 2021
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Lamp Shade, Digital embroidery on muslin with metal frame, beads, and plaster eggs, 2021
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Tulip Stomp, oil, bed sheet, latex paint and stuffed nylons on canvas, 30 x 60,” 2019