Elizabeth Elvart Reed

Elizabeth Elvart Reed

Graphite and Silverpoint Drawings

from the Visual Archaeology Series

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Open Heart

Graphite on 300 lb. paper 39 x 31″ framed 2006 Here is the struggle between structure and the spirit; mother and daughter. The wing and leaf are free to fly. The caged hearts are anxious to be freed.This drawing was made during my mom’s open heart surgery. The incredible surgeon opened her ribs and repaired the structure that held her life. The illusive spirit is dependent on it’s structure yet it strives to escape. Similar to the relationship between a daughter and a mother.

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Nest

Graphite on 300lb. paper 30.5 x 38″ framed 2007 Nests keep appearing around my house. The birds have taken bits of screen left over from hurricane reconstruction and dog hair and sticks to make their nests. I have drawn the screw pine tree outside my studio that makes a nest for me as I work. The convoluted trunk looks like an animal. It grows and sheds with the storms and seasons but hugs my front window like my own nest.

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Qian

Silverpoint on zinc ground 22 x 30″ 2009 Before there were letters and words the Chinese made ideographs. Qian is the first ideograph of the i Ching. Qian means “the creative,” or heaven. I have incorporated markings and images from my life as symbols of growth, chi and sun.

OPEN-HEART-graphite-drawing-by-artist-Elizabeth-Reed-about-open-hearts-and-nature

Open Heart

Graphite on 300 lb. paper 39 x 31″ framed 2006 Here is the struggle between structure and the spirit; mother and daughter. The wing and leaf are free to fly. The caged hearts are anxious to be freed.This drawing was made during my mom’s open heart surgery. The incredible surgeon opened her ribs and repaired the structure that held her life. The illusive spirit is dependent on it’s structure yet it strives to escape. Similar to the relationship between a daughter and a mother.

NEST-graphite-drawing-of-nature-by-artist-Elizabeth-Reed

Nest

Graphite on 300lb. paper 30.5 x 38″ framed 2007 Nests keep appearing around my house. The birds have taken bits of screen left over from hurricane reconstruction and dog hair and sticks to make their nests. I have drawn the screw pine tree outside my studio that makes a nest for me as I work. The convoluted trunk looks like an animal. It grows and sheds with the storms and seasons but hugs my front window like my own nest.

QIAN-silverpoint-drawing-of-nests-and-nature-by-artist-Elizabeth-Reed

Qian

Silverpoint on zinc ground 22 x 30″ 2009 Before there were letters and words the Chinese made ideographs. Qian is the first ideograph of the i Ching. Qian means “the creative,” or heaven. I have incorporated markings and images from my life as symbols of growth, chi and sun.

Graphite and Silverpoint Drawings

from the Visual Archaeolgy Series

In 2005 I was fortunate to see a retrospective of Lee Bonecou’s drawings, paintings and sculptures at MOCA Chicago. It was by far the most inspirational exhibit I have ever experienced. Bontecou combined nature and machines to make some of the most moving drawings I have every seen. She welded metal and sewed canvas to it to make you experience a void. Her mobiles are amoung my favorite objects.

These drawings were drawn after that exhibit. As you can see, I love graphite detail. The images are personally important to me. They began my Visual Archaeology Series.

Graphite and Silverpoint Drawings

from the Visual Archaeolgy Series

In 2005 I was fortunate to see a retrospective of Lee Bonecou’s drawings, paintings and sculptures at MOCA Chicago. It was by far the most inspirational exhibit I have ever experienced. Bontecou combined nature and machines to make some of the most moving drawings I have every seen. She welded metal and sewed canvas to it to make you experience a void. Her mobiles are amoung my favorite objects.

These drawings were drawn after that exhibit. As you can see, I love graphite detail. The images are personally important to me. They began my Visual Archaeology Series.

Practicing for Nyeopi in Bali

"Art hurts,

art urges voyages,

and it is easier to stay home."

Gwendolyn Brooks

 

 

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The greatest tricks are performed mid-air.

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as I capture the spirit of people and places.

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