Heron Arts is pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by JP Morrison Lans, a mixed media encaustic artist from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The opening reception for "The Love Eater," is Saturday, September 9th, 2023 from 6-9pm, where the artist will be in attendance. The exhibition is free and open to the public until October 7th by appointment only.
JP Morrison Lans creates enigmatic paintings on wood panels and drawings on paper with unfurling symbolism. The artist explores womanhood with hyperreal faces and body parts in precarious compositions. Morrison Lans manipulates the surfaces of her paintings on wood and paper with multimedia textures of gouache; colored pencil, oil, and ink, often accompanied by encaustic embellishments made of beeswax. She simultaneously applies layers of figural subjects, both relatable and open to interpretation, portraying realistic teetering objects engulfed in fantastical abstract elements and saturated colors. She interprets skin with glowing translucency as if you can see the vascular system, giving them a pulse. The Love Eater, a 28-piece series, is a glimpse into one woman's story of introspection. While defining her role as mother, wife, daughter, and artist, she embarks on the journey of setting boundaries to protect what is sacred through creation.
The Love Eater concept derived from a long plane ride to visit family in Australia with her husband and 6 year old son. Captured in a lucid state somewhere between boredom and dreamland, she envisioned a front facing entity with hands pushing things into faces and mouths, like insatiable orifices. Morrison Lans began conjuring ways to portray this sensation as a pertinent impression of the human experience. For example, the dichotomy of early motherhood; overflowing with love and wholeness, while also feeling aimless and complacent. The complexity in the desire for personal space while acknowledging that her "body was her child's habitat for years."
The Love Eater embodies the feeling of knowing that time is precious with a growing family, yet there is a conscious sense of every moment of sacrifice. Morrison Lans finds solace in raising ambiguous emotions to the surface in her work, posing questions of taboo to the viewer and to celebrate the vulnerability of being mortal.
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JP Morrison Lans creates enigmatic paintings on wood panels and drawings on paper with unfurling symbolism. The artist explores womanhood with hyperreal faces and body parts in precarious compositions. Morrison Lans manipulates the surfaces of her paintings on wood and paper with multimedia textures of gouache; colored pencil, oil, and ink, often accompanied by encaustic embellishments made of beeswax. She simultaneously applies layers of figural subjects, both relatable and open to interpretation, portraying realistic teetering objects engulfed in fantastical abstract elements and saturated colors. She interprets skin with glowing translucency as if you can see the vascular system, giving them a pulse. The Love Eater, a 28-piece series, is a glimpse into one woman's story of introspection. While defining her role as mother, wife, daughter, and artist, she embarks on the journey of setting boundaries to protect what is sacred through creation.
The Love Eater concept derived from a long plane ride to visit family in Australia with her husband and 6 year old son. Captured in a lucid state somewhere between boredom and dreamland, she envisioned a front facing entity with hands pushing things into faces and mouths, like insatiable orifices. Morrison Lans began conjuring ways to portray this sensation as a pertinent impression of the human experience. For example, the dichotomy of early motherhood; overflowing with love and wholeness, while also feeling aimless and complacent. The complexity in the desire for personal space while acknowledging that her "body was her child's habitat for years."
The Love Eater embodies the feeling of knowing that time is precious with a growing family, yet there is a conscious sense of every moment of sacrifice. Morrison Lans finds solace in raising ambiguous emotions to the surface in her work, posing questions of taboo to the viewer and to celebrate the vulnerability of being mortal.
Heron Arts is pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by JP Morrison Lans, a mixed media encaustic artist from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The opening reception for "The Love Eater," is Saturday, September 9th, 2023 from 6-9pm, where the artist will be in attendance. The exhibition is free and open to the public until October 7th by appointment only.
JP Morrison Lans creates enigmatic paintings on wood panels and drawings on paper with unfurling symbolism. The artist explores womanhood with hyperreal faces and body parts in precarious compositions. Morrison Lans manipulates the surfaces of her paintings on wood and paper with multimedia textures of gouache; colored pencil, oil, and ink, often accompanied by encaustic embellishments made of beeswax. She simultaneously applies layers of figural subjects, both relatable and open to interpretation, portraying realistic teetering objects engulfed in fantastical abstract elements and saturated colors. She interprets skin with glowing translucency as if you can see the vascular system, giving them a pulse. The Love Eater, a 28-piece series, is a glimpse into one woman's story of introspection. While defining her role as mother, wife, daughter, and artist, she embarks on the journey of setting boundaries to protect what is sacred through creation.
The Love Eater concept derived from a long plane ride to visit family in Australia with her husband and 6 year old son. Captured in a lucid state somewhere between boredom and dreamland, she envisioned a front facing entity with hands pushing things into faces and mouths, like insatiable orifices. Morrison Lans began conjuring ways to portray this sensation as a pertinent impression of the human experience. For example, the dichotomy of early motherhood; overflowing with love and wholeness, while also feeling aimless and complacent. The complexity in the desire for personal space while acknowledging that her "body was her child's habitat for years."
The Love Eater embodies the feeling of knowing that time is precious with a growing family, yet there is a conscious sense of every moment of sacrifice. Morrison Lans finds solace in raising ambiguous emotions to the surface in her work, posing questions of taboo to the viewer and to celebrate the vulnerability of being mortal.
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JP Morrison Lans creates enigmatic paintings on wood panels and drawings on paper with unfurling symbolism. The artist explores womanhood with hyperreal faces and body parts in precarious compositions. Morrison Lans manipulates the surfaces of her paintings on wood and paper with multimedia textures of gouache; colored pencil, oil, and ink, often accompanied by encaustic embellishments made of beeswax. She simultaneously applies layers of figural subjects, both relatable and open to interpretation, portraying realistic teetering objects engulfed in fantastical abstract elements and saturated colors. She interprets skin with glowing translucency as if you can see the vascular system, giving them a pulse. The Love Eater, a 28-piece series, is a glimpse into one woman's story of introspection. While defining her role as mother, wife, daughter, and artist, she embarks on the journey of setting boundaries to protect what is sacred through creation.
The Love Eater concept derived from a long plane ride to visit family in Australia with her husband and 6 year old son. Captured in a lucid state somewhere between boredom and dreamland, she envisioned a front facing entity with hands pushing things into faces and mouths, like insatiable orifices. Morrison Lans began conjuring ways to portray this sensation as a pertinent impression of the human experience. For example, the dichotomy of early motherhood; overflowing with love and wholeness, while also feeling aimless and complacent. The complexity in the desire for personal space while acknowledging that her "body was her child's habitat for years."
The Love Eater embodies the feeling of knowing that time is precious with a growing family, yet there is a conscious sense of every moment of sacrifice. Morrison Lans finds solace in raising ambiguous emotions to the surface in her work, posing questions of taboo to the viewer and to celebrate the vulnerability of being mortal.
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