Mia Farrington: Creatures of Light
Chefas Projects is delighted to present Creatures of Light, the third solo exhibition by Portland-based artist Mia Farrington. Farrington delves into themes of perfectionism and facades through her bold yet elegant abstractions. By balancing form and color against a uniquely textural backdrop, each painting becomes a representation of her quest for balance and simplicity.
Creatures of Light follows Mia Farrington鈥檚 longstanding, meticulous exploration of the relationship between form and color. Her new work expands her oeuvre of bold, hard-edged geometric abstraction by incorporating raw linen and cotton canvases. Inspired by the prismatic colors of natural light and their impact on our existence, Farrington creates calming, meditative arrangements by juxtaposing shapes. Stoic onyx forms and vivid hues engage in elegant dialogues atop rustic, textured linen and ink-stained cotton. Farrington isolates and magnifies specific color variants found in natural settings, inviting viewers to resonate with indefinable emotions, relying on our personal associations to imbue the work with meaning. While her paintings initially appear as pitch-perfect compositions from a distance, closer inspection reveals subtle imperfections鈥 the painter鈥檚 hand, irregularities in the linen鈥 echoing the flawed beauty inherent in our relationships with ourselves and others.
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Chefas Projects is delighted to present Creatures of Light, the third solo exhibition by Portland-based artist Mia Farrington. Farrington delves into themes of perfectionism and facades through her bold yet elegant abstractions. By balancing form and color against a uniquely textural backdrop, each painting becomes a representation of her quest for balance and simplicity.
Creatures of Light follows Mia Farrington鈥檚 longstanding, meticulous exploration of the relationship between form and color. Her new work expands her oeuvre of bold, hard-edged geometric abstraction by incorporating raw linen and cotton canvases. Inspired by the prismatic colors of natural light and their impact on our existence, Farrington creates calming, meditative arrangements by juxtaposing shapes. Stoic onyx forms and vivid hues engage in elegant dialogues atop rustic, textured linen and ink-stained cotton. Farrington isolates and magnifies specific color variants found in natural settings, inviting viewers to resonate with indefinable emotions, relying on our personal associations to imbue the work with meaning. While her paintings initially appear as pitch-perfect compositions from a distance, closer inspection reveals subtle imperfections鈥 the painter鈥檚 hand, irregularities in the linen鈥 echoing the flawed beauty inherent in our relationships with ourselves and others.
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Chefas Projects is delighted to present Creatures of Light, the third solo exhibition by Portland-based artist Mia Farrington.