I explore themes of identity, mapping of the self, boundaries, preservation, and reconstruction. Sourcing my imagery from personal photographs, architecture through the ages, gardens, textile patterns, and collected wallpapers, I create layered mixed media works that elicit a sense of time and place through their tactility. Personal memories of growing up in the North of France in a family of builders, experiences of loss and immigration are used as references but also as bodiless material. I paint with oil paint, acrylic, watercolor but also with media that are not strictly considered art materials, such as grout, plaster, and latex paint, challenging myself to conjure the concept of "home" as well as my understanding of space and abstraction. The domestic interior and its adjacent surroundings become metaphorical environments that serve as navigation tools to explore the layers of selfhood and memory.
Additional Artworks
From Broadway Gallery
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Frederick Eberhart
Due Respect to the Rising Sun 3/150
Photograph on Paper
32 x 25.625 in
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Frederick Eberhart
Early November Morning
Photograph on Paper
5 x 7 in
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Frederick Eberhart
Dusk, Henry Hill 1/10
Photograph on Paper
23.5 x 32 in
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Dan Chen
Dragonfly
Metal
2 x 3 x 3.5 in
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Iraima Alonso
Dusk
Acrylic On Canvas
13.25 x 17.125 in
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Frederick Eberhart
Down Dark Hollow
Photograph on Paper
13.75 x 11 in
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Frederick Eberhart
Early Snow, Weakley Hollow
Photograph on Paper
13.5 x 11 in
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Frederick Eberhart
Due Respect to the Rising Sun
Photograph on Paper
13.5 x 11 in
About the artist
Marie B Gauthiez