'OURCQ' Oil on Canvas
Dimension: 39" x 39" x 1"
Certification of Authenticity: Apricus Art Collection
Signature: Signed by Artist
"OurCQ" by Elea Jane is a striking oil on canvas board that employs a complex visual narrative to engage the viewer. The piece is rich in symbolism and features a multi-layered composition that juxtaposes varying scales and planes of existence.
In the upper portion of the canvas, we see a fragment of a woman's face, magnified to a monumental scale. Her features are rendered with a degree of hyperrealism, capturing the glistening of her lips and the luster of her earring with high fidelity. The use of light and shadow here is masterful, creating a tangible sense of volume and form.
Connecting this colossal visage to the earthly realm below is a chain of DNA-like strands, possibly symbolizing the connection between the individual and the universal, the microscopic and the macroscopic. This may also suggest themes of inheritance, identity, or the links between generations.
The lower section depicts a smaller figure seated, engaged in an activity that appears both introspective and isolated. The contrast in scale between this figure and the face above implies a narrative of inner versus outer worlds, the personal versus the societal.
The background reveals a nighttime urban landscape, with buildings that emit a subtle glow against the dark sky, implying life and activity within. Neon signs add a commercial or possibly sardonic element to the scene, hinting at cultural commentary.
The color palette is predominantly dark with strategic use of bright highlights, creating a dramatic contrast that enhances the emotional impact of the painting. The brushwork is varied, with smooth, refined areas giving way to more expressive, gestural strokes, which adds a dynamic rhythm to the piece.
Overall, "OurCQ" presents a rich tapestry of thematic elements and visual contrasts. It is a painting that invites deep contemplation, challenging the viewer to interpret its many layers of meaning.
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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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