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Elliott , Ficus, 2008, Oil on canvas, 18" X
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James Harris
Gallery is pleased to present its first solo exhibition by Seattle
artist Eric Elliott. Inspired by scientific theories of a unified
field, or an underlying interconnectedness in the physical world,
Elliott uses traditional still life painting (in an untraditional
manner) in order to explore the relationship between a gathering
of objects.
In past work,
the artist's attention was turned towards any number of random objects
available in his studio-paint cans, a teapot, and a myriad of vessels.
In his current exhibition, Elliott presents six paintings, each
organized simply around a single plant. Using this common theme,
the artist makes evident his interest in both interconnectedness
and difference, and the balance between the two. Indeed, Elliott
at times allows the plant to emerge as a distinct point of focus
and, at others, makes it barely visible, leaving it to mix with
the whole of its environment.
Elliott achieves
his visual amalgamations through his limited palette, united around
a neutral gray, and dense applications of paint that both reveal
objects and push them into pictorial abstraction. His still lifes
serve as a metaphor for any gathering of objects, and elegantly
suggest that everything is part of a larger whole.
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