Alexandrya Eaton
Summertime
MIXED BOUQUET WITH LILIES AND PEONIES
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RED LILY |
GLADS IN A GLASS VASE
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BRIGHT PEONIES |
ALL THE WATERCOLOURS ARE FRAMED IN A BLACK WOODEN FRAME WITH A WHITE MATTE
SACKVILLE GLADS
20 x 14 in.
watercolour
framed dimension: 30 x 23.5 in.
$1,200
WILD SUNFLOWERS
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GREAT GLADS |
AFTERNOON
6 x 6 in.
watercolour
framed dimension: 13.25 x 12.75 in.
$400
GARDEN STUDY
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SUMMERTIME |
AlexanDRYA Eaton has been exhibiting her paintings throughout New Brunswick since graduating from Mount Allison University with a BFA in 1991. Further afield, her work has been enjoyed in Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland, PEI, Nova Scotia and Washington DC.
Drya's interpretations and presentations of the flower, have been the subject and dynamo of her paintings. Drya has taken great pleasures to transform the temporary and delicate nature of flowers into thick acrylic colour, using relief-like texture to overwhelm her canvas' flatness. Colour has always been the driving force, taking the colour from the flowers and subliming it into prismatic vibrancy. Brilliant, magnified blooms in acrylic or simple, delicate visions in watercolour, flowers have been Drya's signature work.
The births and childhoods of her two daughters in recent years have provided new interests for the artist. Whilst continuing her exploration of colour through flowers, Drya (with the inspiration of her children) has begun to look at figurative subjects. The Warhol-like irreverency continues in the flower paintings, but in the studies of her children and their dresses (a family tradition) panache becomes sincerity. This integrity has always been present, but it comes to the surface in her sensitive new images. Drya, her husband and two girls live in Fredericton and her studio is on the third floor at Gallery 78.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Summer is the perfect time for painting watercolors. There's nothing better than sitting outside, in the garden, or with a freshly arranged bouquet, working quickly to fill in areas of color. Many of these images were painted using fresh flowers from the market on Saturday mornings. Temperature is very important for watercolors; I like to use a lot of water on my paper and the summer heat dries the paint just the way I like it. My children are old enough now so that they will often sit and paint alongside me. It's a great way to spend a summer afternoon.
Alexandrya Eaton, 2008
