Alexandrya Eaton
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AGLOW please click on the images to see larger versions... |
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PINK LADIES What do Mary Walsh, David Blackwood, Robert Ghiz, Joel Plaskett, Janice Harvey and Alexandrya Eaton have in common? They have all been featured on In Conversation by Bell Aliant... We are very excited that Tristram Clark, an independent TV producer in St. John's NL has produced an interview with Alexandrya Eaton for a TV show called In Conversation with host Roger Bill. In Conversation airs biweekly on Community One (Channel 1 on Bell Aliant's Fibre Op TV) in all four Atlantic Canadian provinces and all the episodes stream on the show's website at: www.inconversation.ca. To view the show, please click below... |
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ARTIST STATEMENT: My painting has always been an emotional outlet and this body of work represents a coming together of many elements, and reads somewhat like a diary. It’s been an eventful two years; I see specific moments, and a new found freedom that results in a richer and more complex study of both subject and material. The paintings resonate, in thickly textured harmonies of riotous colour, an emotional intensity, and a joyful affirmation. Alexandrya Eaton, 2013 |
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MASSIVE TULIPS |
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DISAPPEARING WOMAN
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WORKING WOMAN
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NEW DAY " FRESH, BOLD, WHIMSICAL, VIBRANT -- makes me feel joyful inside!"
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BUSY WOMAN REVISITED
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DANCE |
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NICE SHOES |
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GREAT POPPIES
PARTY
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WOMAN IN BLUE |
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REALLY PINK TULIP |
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SOFTER VIEW
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TREE STUDY IN PINK
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MEMORY OF PINK ROSES
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SHOPPING BAGS
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NEW SPRING IRIS |
REALLY GREAT RED
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CLOUD |
DANCE STUDY |
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SHOPPING DANCING QUEEN |
DOUBLE BUSY
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"I am constantly blown away by the layered colours & images that appear in different daytime light. It's as if a new painting emerges in certain light always a delight...refreshing. Lives are busy. My wife is busy.... A busy woman." ... Owner of "Busy Woman" painting by Alexandrya |
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RENEWAL "One cannot help but be uplifted when you catch sight of a piece that fills a space with such warmth, vibrant colour, strength and fun. It is in a very central location in our home that we all walk by many, many times a day and I'm sure its energy impacts us in a positive way. I notice our children like to bring their toys to play there... unconsciously drawn to the backdrop Drya's flowers give to their imaginary worlds... "
TREE OF LIFE
Nikki Thériault speaks with Alexandrya Eaton about her new exhibition "New Day" on Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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PRETTY RED |
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BLOOMS |
MIXED BLOOMS |
acrylic on canvas 10 x 10 in. unframed SOLD |
SINGLE FLOWER MAGENTA |
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SINGLE FLOWER PINK |
SINGLE FLOWER RED |
BOUQUET WITH THREE BLOOMS |
ORANGE POPPIES |
POPPIES |
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THREE RED |
TRIPLET |
acrylic on canvas 6 x 6 in. unframed $200 |
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BOUQUET
BIG RED |
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SUPERWOMAN |
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LITTLE DANCING SUPERHEROES |
PINK BUSY WOMAN |
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ARTIST STATEMENT: The “Busy Woman” series began as an exploration into self-identity, yet evolved over time into a playful social commentary on the idea of a modern everyday superwoman. Female silhouettes figure prominently and examine the idea of a ‘woman being’, a female figure rushing to keep up to the expectations placed on her in today’s society. The paintings document a contemporary woman’s attempt to come to terms with typical female roles, and her constant renegotiation of relationships and other elements in her surroundings. Much of the work is inspired by the inexplicable lure and yet unattainable beauty found in fashion magazines. The repeated stencilled outline of the anonymous female icon facilitates my fascination with the repetition of images; the use of multiple images strengthens the painted representation of identity. The paintings are not portraits. The stencilled images become a vocabulary, presenting possibilities of characters, building a metaphor of a realistic situation. This way of working, slowly building up layers of colour, is a very female way of working, not unlike other traditionally women’s ways of making things, such as crocheting, knitting, quilting and rug hooking. It’s about adding incrementally and in a positive way. Denying feminist twists, the work ultimately presents a positive, fresh and hopeful outlook of our surrounding world. Alexandrya Eaton, 2011 |
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SUPERHERO WAREHOUSE This painting was included in the exhibition "HOT POP SOUP" at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery |
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Alexandrya Eaton graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art, from Mount Allison University, in Sackville, New Brunswick, in 1991. Determined to paint full time, she returned home to Moncton and set up studio in the Centre Culturel Aberdeen, where she worked alongside prominent Acadian artists Yvon Gallant, Nancy Morin and the late Guy Duguay. Heavily influenced by this tightly knit artistic community, Eaton realized the significance of staying in New Brunswick to pursue her career. In 1992, Eaton was selected to participate in the “Symposium de la Jeune Peinture au Canada”, in Baie- Saint-Paul, Quebec. The youngest of fifteen international artists, her large twenty-foot painting then traveled to the Museum of the Americas, in Washington, D.C., for the exhibition, Terre-Terre, later that same year. In 1995, Eaton was invited to take part in Acacia Gallery’s three-month artist-in-residence program, in Gagetown, New Brunswick, and in 1996 she traveled to Newfoundland, on the invitation of the Pouch Cove Visiting Artist Residency Program, for a one-month residency, both of which resulted in solo exhibitions. Throughout her career, Alexandrya has had more than twenty-five solo exhibitions of her work. Her paintings hang in numerous collections, both private and public, across Canada, the United States, Europe, Bermuda and Jamaica. She has received many project grants to continue the development of her work. In 2000, she took part in the studio residency program at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, in Fredericton, which coincided with the Atlantic Art Exhibition, Artists in a Floating World, curated by Tom Smart. Eaton’s paintings have been included in several important group exhibitions, such as: Anecdotes and Enigmas, curated by Hermenegilde Chiasson, in 1996, which traveled across Canada; and BLISS, curated by Shauna McCabe. In 2002, at the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, BLISS combined the work of four international artists exploring the image and idea of flowers and flowering, and its relationship to the poetic, questioning modern perceptions of beauty. Alexandrya Eaton’s work has been purchased by: the New Brunswick Art Bank; RBC Dominion Securities; Aliant Telecom; Nesbitt Burns; NB Power; Purdy’s Wharf Inc.; the UNB Art Centre; Toronto Dominion Bank; and the Masterworks Foundation in Bermuda, among many other public and corporate collections. She has successfully completed several large commissions for public spaces over the years. As with all her work, Alexandrya intends to overwhelm the viewer with life and colour. Eaton continues to work in a very physical way, painting quickly and on the floor. Her recent inclusion of such tools as rollers, tape and handmade stencils facilitate her fascination with the repetition of images. Currently Eaton’s work is focused on a “woman being”, offering a playful perspective on the attempt to come to terms with typical female roles. In 2012, Alexandrya was invited to participate in HOT POP SOUP: Neo-Pop Trends in Contemporary New Brunswick Art, a group exhibition at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, in Fredericton. Curator, Terry Graff, brought together the work of ten New Brunswick artists working within the realm and influence of Pop Art. Eaton’s resulting work, “Superhero Warehouse”, is a testament to current themes in her work, an ongoing series titled “Busy Woman”, a modern interpretation on the idea of an everyday superwoman. Eaton believes that as an artist it is her responsibility to give back to her community. Over the years, she has donated many paintings, in particular to hospitals, cancer care centers and children’s charities. Alexandrya recently relocated with her young family back to Sackville, NB, where she works from a studio in her home. |
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