“American Pastorale”, 2016, Acrylic, latex, glitter on linen
“American Pastorale”, 2016 (detail)
American Pastorale, by Elisabeth Condon, part of the Tampa Museum of Art‘s permanent collection, is currently on view in the museum’s group exhibition Avant Garde: Remarkable Women in the Permanent Collection.
From the museum about the work-
The foliage growing near her Tampa studio, traditional Chinese scroll painting, vintage fabrics, and wallpaper samples inspire Elisabeth Condon’s paintings of tropical flora. She often isolates an object or pattern from these source materials and incorporates it as a central image or texture in her paintings. In American Pastorale, a chrysanthemum anchors the painting. To create various layers in this work, Condon applied color with expressive brushwork and poured paint directly onto the canvas. The artist’s palette of intense reds, oranges, and pinks, as well as cooler blues and greens, evokes Florida and Southern California’s vibrant landscapes. Iridescent glitter adds texture and luminosity to the surface.