Elianne Paley, "Tangles"
Digital drawing on rough fine art paper, 19”x13”, June 2022
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BIO
Elianne Paley is a multimedia artist who primarily works with drawing and fiber arts. Originally from New York City, Paley ventured to Upstate New York to receive her Bachelor of Science in Art and Media/Film from Skidmore College, where she graduated cum laude with departmental honors in art with a focus in fiber arts and drawing. After college, she worked at Thistle Hill Weavers and the Textile History Forum in Cherry Valley, New York, reproducing woven fabric and functioning as a researcher and archivist of historic textile samples for historic houses, museums, films, and private collections. Paley has shown work in various group shows, including at the Schick Gallery and the Tang Teaching Museum. She currently resides in Troy, New York, where she works as a communications specialist.
STATEMENT
This series of drawings incorporates twisted linear structures as a malleable stage for fleeting concepts, feelings, and ideas—viscerally demonstrating how thoughts appear in and interact with the depths of one’s preverbal mind. The pliable and interwoven shapes that are the focal point of this series are structurally influenced by my formal education as a weaver and anatomically inspired by the complex folds of the brain and the bodily wiring system that allows us to process visual information. By utilizing this convertible structure as a base in my drawings, I am able to explore narrative ideas visually through drawing the way one might use lined paper in a written diary. Similar to a journal, each drawing is inspired by different vignettes and observations from my day-to-day life.
Digital drawing on rough fine art paper, 19”x13”, June 2022
SHIPPING IS NOT INCLUDED. PLEASE CONTACT INFO@COLLARWORKS.ORG FOR A SHIPPING ESTIMATE.
BIO
Elianne Paley is a multimedia artist who primarily works with drawing and fiber arts. Originally from New York City, Paley ventured to Upstate New York to receive her Bachelor of Science in Art and Media/Film from Skidmore College, where she graduated cum laude with departmental honors in art with a focus in fiber arts and drawing. After college, she worked at Thistle Hill Weavers and the Textile History Forum in Cherry Valley, New York, reproducing woven fabric and functioning as a researcher and archivist of historic textile samples for historic houses, museums, films, and private collections. Paley has shown work in various group shows, including at the Schick Gallery and the Tang Teaching Museum. She currently resides in Troy, New York, where she works as a communications specialist.
STATEMENT
This series of drawings incorporates twisted linear structures as a malleable stage for fleeting concepts, feelings, and ideas—viscerally demonstrating how thoughts appear in and interact with the depths of one’s preverbal mind. The pliable and interwoven shapes that are the focal point of this series are structurally influenced by my formal education as a weaver and anatomically inspired by the complex folds of the brain and the bodily wiring system that allows us to process visual information. By utilizing this convertible structure as a base in my drawings, I am able to explore narrative ideas visually through drawing the way one might use lined paper in a written diary. Similar to a journal, each drawing is inspired by different vignettes and observations from my day-to-day life.
Digital drawing on rough fine art paper, 19”x13”, June 2022
SHIPPING IS NOT INCLUDED. PLEASE CONTACT INFO@COLLARWORKS.ORG FOR A SHIPPING ESTIMATE.
BIO
Elianne Paley is a multimedia artist who primarily works with drawing and fiber arts. Originally from New York City, Paley ventured to Upstate New York to receive her Bachelor of Science in Art and Media/Film from Skidmore College, where she graduated cum laude with departmental honors in art with a focus in fiber arts and drawing. After college, she worked at Thistle Hill Weavers and the Textile History Forum in Cherry Valley, New York, reproducing woven fabric and functioning as a researcher and archivist of historic textile samples for historic houses, museums, films, and private collections. Paley has shown work in various group shows, including at the Schick Gallery and the Tang Teaching Museum. She currently resides in Troy, New York, where she works as a communications specialist.
STATEMENT
This series of drawings incorporates twisted linear structures as a malleable stage for fleeting concepts, feelings, and ideas—viscerally demonstrating how thoughts appear in and interact with the depths of one’s preverbal mind. The pliable and interwoven shapes that are the focal point of this series are structurally influenced by my formal education as a weaver and anatomically inspired by the complex folds of the brain and the bodily wiring system that allows us to process visual information. By utilizing this convertible structure as a base in my drawings, I am able to explore narrative ideas visually through drawing the way one might use lined paper in a written diary. Similar to a journal, each drawing is inspired by different vignettes and observations from my day-to-day life.