'FEMME LIBRE' Oil on Canvas
Dimension: 16" x 16"
Certification of Authenticity: Apricus Art Collection
Signature: Signed by Artist
"Femme Libre" by Elea Jane is an emotionally charged oil on canvas board that delves into themes of femininity and liberation. The artwork captures a female subject in a moment of vulnerability and strength, utilizing a range of painterly techniques to convey depth and emotion.
The subject's face is depicted with a high degree of realism, her features meticulously rendered to capture her essence and emotional state. The eyes, filled with a reflective quality, seem to communicate directly with the viewer, suggesting an intimate connection or a plea for understanding.
Surrounding the figure, abstract elements and gestural brushstrokes coalesce into a sort of halo or aura, possibly symbolizing the complexity of the subject's thoughts and feelings. The interplay of these abstract forms with the realism of the face creates a dynamic tension within the work, reflecting the multifaceted nature of the human psyche.
The palette is marked by a contrast between warm flesh tones and cooler, ethereal hues, which enhances the emotional impact of the piece. The application of paint varies from thin glazes to thicker impasto, adding a tactile quality that invites the viewer to consider the surface texture as part of the narrative.
Striking features like the juxtaposition of the fluid abstract shapes with the structured anatomy of the face might suggest the interplay between the internal and external experiences of the subject. The title "Femme Libre" – which translates to "Free Woman" – likely alludes to themes of personal freedom, identity, and the breaking of constraints, which are visually echoed in the painting's composition and energetic brushwork.
In sum, "Femme Libre" stands as a testament to the artist's ability to fuse representational and abstract elements to explore profound emotional and existential themes.
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BIOGRAPHY
Elea Jane is a self-taught artist currently based in Oxford. Having been unsettled from her home country and separated from her father as a child, her art often oscillates between atmospheres of home and horizon: the shadows that settle and flicker around comfort in the former, and the vertiginous void of swelling euphoria in latter. Her art focuses on the emergence of sensation and symbol which informs the complexity of subjectivity - whether through her portraits, which play with existing line and colour to bring out abstract forms speaking expressions beyond what’s prefigured and easily conceivable - or through her series of figurative dreamscapes reminiscent of fairy tales and surrealist art, laden with overtly symbolic, conflicting imagery and inspired by the spirit of collage and graffiti, mapping out the subject’s mind in the influx of information of its surroundings.
Having recently emerged from a years-long abusive relationship, Elea also uses the work as a reappropriation of self and sexuality. The trauma suffered from the abuse left the artist with severe problems with speech; the language constructed through her art, that private space that fluctuates between reality and imagination, through sensation, allowed her to take back control of her own voice. She has exhibited in Paris, has completed dozens of portrait commissions since she began painting three years ago, and her portraits are featured in the interview book Follow for Now vol. 2. by Roy Christopher. She lives in the Chilterns with her sister and her cat, Mia.
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