Alexandrya Eaton

Artist's CV

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Single Flower Magenta, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 6 in.

SINGLE FLOWER MAGENTA
acrylic on canvas
12 x 6 in.
unframed
$300

 

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Single Flower Pink, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 6 in.

SINGLE FLOWER PINK
acrylic on canvas
12 x 6 in.
unframed
$300




 

Alexandrya Eaton, Single Flower Red, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 6 in.

SINGLE FLOWER RED
acrylic on canvas
12 x 6 in.
unframed
$300




 

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Happy Bouquet, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 in.

HAPPY BOUQUET
acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.
unframed
$600




Alexandrya Eaton, Young Woman Walking

YOUNG WOMAN WALKING
acrylic on canvas
24 x 24 in.
unframed
$1,200

 

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Pink Woman

PINK BUSY WOMAN
acrylic and spray paint on canvas
24 x 20 in.
unframed
$1,000

Alexandrya Eaton, Pink Blossoms with Grey, acrylic on canvas, 10 x 8 in.

PINK BLOSSOMS IN GREY
acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 in.
unframed
$400

 

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Bright Bouquet with Sunflower, acrylic on canvas, 10 x 10 in.

BRIGHT BOUQUET WITH SUNFLOWER
acrylic on canvas
10 x 10 in.
unframed
$450




 

Alexandrya Eaton, Single Red Stem, acrylic on canvas, 10 x 8 in.

SINGLE RED STEM
acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 in.
unframed
$400




 

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Woman Dreaming, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 in.

WOMAN DREAMING
acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 in.
unframed
$2,600

Alexandrya Eaton, Superwoman, acrylic on canvas

SUPERWOMAN
acrylic on canvas
24 x 48 in.
unframed
$2,300

 

  

Nikki speaks with artist Alexandrya Eaton before her exhibit opening on Friday, April 15,
asking about the genesis of "Busy Woman".




Alexandrya Eaton, Woman in Lights, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18 in.

WOMAN IN LIGHTS
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 in.
unframed
$1,200

 

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Woman at Night, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18 in.

WOMAN AT NIGHT
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 in.
unframed
SOLD

"Busy Woman" installed

 

"Busy Woman" Exhibition installed

 

 


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


 

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Woman Dancing, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 18 in.

WOMAN DANCING
acrylic on canvas
36 x 18 in.
framed dimension: 38 x 20 in.
$1,600

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Ladies, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 in.

LADIES
acrylic on canvas
30 x 30 in.
framed dimension: 32 x 32 in.
$1,800


 

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Woman on the Edge, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 in.

WOMAN ON THE EDGE
acrylic on canvas
36 x 36 in.
framed dimension: 38 x 38 in.
$2,500

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Single Woman, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 in.

SINGLE WOMAN
acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 in.
unframed
SOLD


The artist gratefully acknowledges the support of

Alexandrya Eaton, Sunset, acrylic on cavnas, 12 x 12 in.

SUNSET
acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.
unframed
$600

 

 

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Friend, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 in.

FRIEND
acrylic and spray paint on canvas
12 x 12 in.
unframed
SOLD

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Summer, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 in.

SUMMER
acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.
unframed
SOLD

Alexandrya Eaton, Deep Purple, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24 in.

DEEP PURPLE
acrylic on canvas
24 x 24 in.
unframed
$1,400

 


Alexandrya Eaton, Orange Poppies, acrylic on canvas, 14 x 14 in.

ORANGE POPPIES
acrylic on canvas
14 x 14 in.
unframed
$850

 

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Getting Some Air, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 in.

GETTING SOME AIR
acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 in.
unframed
$3,500




Alexandrya Eaton, Runnng Boy

RUNNING BOY
acrylic on canvas
48 x 24 in.
unframed
$1,800




 

Alexandrya Eaton, Woman Dancing

DANCING AT SUNSET
acrylic on canvas
48 x 24 in.
unframed
$1,800




Alexandrya Eaton, Red with Two Blues, acrylic on canvas, 6 x 6 in.

RED WITH TWO BLUES
acrylic on canvas
6 x 6 in.
unframed
$150

 

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Red Blossoms in Blue Vase, acrylic on canvas, 7 x 5 in.

RED BLOSSOMS IN BLUE VASE
acrylic on canvas
7 x 5 in.
unframed
SOLD

 

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Solo, acrylic on canvas, 6 x 6 in.

SOLO
acrylic on canvas
6 x 6 in.
unframed
$150


 

Alexandrya Eaton, a painter, was born in 1969, in Moncton, New Brunswick. In 1991, she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art, from Mount Allison University, in Sackville, New Brunswick. Determined to paint full time, she returned to Moncton to 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 twentyfoot 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, which resulted in a solo exhibition. And in 1996, she traveled to Newfoundland, on the invitation of the Pouch Cove Visiting Artist Residency Program, for a one-month residency and a solo exhibition. 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 accepted the invitation to take 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.

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. Alexandrya gratefully acknowledges the support of artsnb by way of a project grant in 2009 to further develop her work. 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 lives in Fredericton with her husband and two young daughters.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Dark Red Tulips, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48 in.

DARK RED TULIPS
acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in.
unframed
$2,500

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Bouquet, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48 in.

BOUQUET
acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in.
unframed
$2,500

 

Alexandrya Eaton, Big Red, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 in.

BIG RED
acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 in.
unframed
$3,500


Mass of Blooms 1, acrylic on canvas, 6x6x3deep in.

MASS OF BLOOMS #1
acrylic on canvas
6 x 6 in. (3 in. deep)
unframed
$
150

 

 

Alexandrya Eaton, One Yellow Four Red

ONE YELLOW FOUR RED
acrylic on canvas
6 x 6 in.
unframed
$200

 

 

Mass of Blooms 2, acrylic on canvas, 6 x 6 x 3 deep in.

MASS OF BLOOMS #2
acrylic on canvas
6 x 6 in. (3 in. deep)
unframed
$
150