Maria Britton 'Covid Times 2'
Drawer 1- Untitled (Covid Times 2), Acrylic, bed sheets, and thread, 15.5 by 9 inches, 2020
Artist Statement
My work explores notions of femininity and feminism, high and low forms of art making, and dreams and disasters. Used patterned bed sheets have been my chosen primary material for over a decade. The surface of a bed is a place where one both experiences and escapes reality, a gateway between two realms. Combining painting and sewing, I modify and disrupt the familiar patterns of everyday to create defiantly not square paintings in favor of fluid forms. While painting, I work impulsively and intuitively, responding to the familiar floral patterns before me while also referencing fragmented floral imagery that I either remember or imagine. My work is a material exploration of the immaterial.
Artist Bio
Maria Britton lives and works in Carrboro, North Carolina. Her work has been included in exhibitions with the North Carolina Museum of Art, LABspace, Hudson, NY; Snag, Seattle, WA; LoBo, New York, NY; Smith Gallery at Appalachian State, Boone, NC; Camayuhs, Atlanta, GA; Lump, Raleigh, NC; Tempus Projects; Tampa, FL; SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA; BAM, Brooklyn, NY; The Stephen & George Laundry Line, Queens, NY; The Scrap Exchange, Durham, NC; and Harbor Gallery, New York, NY among others. She has participated in artist residencies through Hambidge Center, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Petrified Forest National Park, and Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings (#82). Maria earned her BFA from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC and her MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Drawer 1- Untitled (Covid Times 2), Acrylic, bed sheets, and thread, 15.5 by 9 inches, 2020
Artist Statement
My work explores notions of femininity and feminism, high and low forms of art making, and dreams and disasters. Used patterned bed sheets have been my chosen primary material for over a decade. The surface of a bed is a place where one both experiences and escapes reality, a gateway between two realms. Combining painting and sewing, I modify and disrupt the familiar patterns of everyday to create defiantly not square paintings in favor of fluid forms. While painting, I work impulsively and intuitively, responding to the familiar floral patterns before me while also referencing fragmented floral imagery that I either remember or imagine. My work is a material exploration of the immaterial.
Artist Bio
Maria Britton lives and works in Carrboro, North Carolina. Her work has been included in exhibitions with the North Carolina Museum of Art, LABspace, Hudson, NY; Snag, Seattle, WA; LoBo, New York, NY; Smith Gallery at Appalachian State, Boone, NC; Camayuhs, Atlanta, GA; Lump, Raleigh, NC; Tempus Projects; Tampa, FL; SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA; BAM, Brooklyn, NY; The Stephen & George Laundry Line, Queens, NY; The Scrap Exchange, Durham, NC; and Harbor Gallery, New York, NY among others. She has participated in artist residencies through Hambidge Center, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Petrified Forest National Park, and Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings (#82). Maria earned her BFA from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC and her MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Drawer 1- Untitled (Covid Times 2), Acrylic, bed sheets, and thread, 15.5 by 9 inches, 2020
Artist Statement
My work explores notions of femininity and feminism, high and low forms of art making, and dreams and disasters. Used patterned bed sheets have been my chosen primary material for over a decade. The surface of a bed is a place where one both experiences and escapes reality, a gateway between two realms. Combining painting and sewing, I modify and disrupt the familiar patterns of everyday to create defiantly not square paintings in favor of fluid forms. While painting, I work impulsively and intuitively, responding to the familiar floral patterns before me while also referencing fragmented floral imagery that I either remember or imagine. My work is a material exploration of the immaterial.
Artist Bio
Maria Britton lives and works in Carrboro, North Carolina. Her work has been included in exhibitions with the North Carolina Museum of Art, LABspace, Hudson, NY; Snag, Seattle, WA; LoBo, New York, NY; Smith Gallery at Appalachian State, Boone, NC; Camayuhs, Atlanta, GA; Lump, Raleigh, NC; Tempus Projects; Tampa, FL; SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA; BAM, Brooklyn, NY; The Stephen & George Laundry Line, Queens, NY; The Scrap Exchange, Durham, NC; and Harbor Gallery, New York, NY among others. She has participated in artist residencies through Hambidge Center, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Petrified Forest National Park, and Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings (#82). Maria earned her BFA from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC and her MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.