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  • A Figurative Life

    A Figurative Life

    Zoë Pawlak’s figurative paintings examine human attempts at connection by expressing our capacity to shift towards intimacy after long periods of unrest. The women in the paintings are openly emotional, yet simultaneously strong as they bend and shift under burdens represented with humble use of line, colour and studied mark making. Their arms wrapped around their bodies, concealing themselves to protect or attempting to recapture the luxury of self-nurturing that is left behind when a life is lived for others. 

     

    The body is an unyielding and fundamental expression of being: our innermost struggles and celebrations are recorded onto our physicality in the curve of a shoulder, the tilt of a head, the fade of a sigh. The body communicates more honestly than we want it to. 

    The human form conveys the personal and universal—vulnerability, lust, lament, burden. We are dressed in our histories and burdens like invisible skins. 

    • Bellehook , 2017 Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches
      Bellehook , 2017
      Oil on canvas
      24 x 30 inches
    • Best Becoming, 2017 Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches
      Best Becoming, 2017
      Oil on canvas
      24 x 30 inches
    • Best Behaviour II , 2017 Oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches
      Best Behaviour II , 2017
      Oil on canvas
      36 x 48 inches
    • Bright Light, 2020 Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches
      Bright Light, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      24 x 30 inches
    • Fortune Maker , 2017 Oil on canvas 33 x 48 inches
      Fortune Maker , 2017
      Oil on canvas
      33 x 48 inches
    • That Light Blue Behind You , 2021 Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches
      That Light Blue Behind You , 2021
      Oil on canvas
      24 x 30 inches
    • You Can’t Possibly Carry That Much Sky , 2017 Oil on canvas 19 x 30 inches
      You Can’t Possibly Carry That Much Sky , 2017
      Oil on canvas
      19 x 30 inches
    • You Can’t Possibly Carry That Much Sky I, 2017 Oil on canvas 19 x 30 inches
      You Can’t Possibly Carry That Much Sky I, 2017
      Oil on canvas
      19 x 30 inches
    • You Can’t Possibly Carry That Much Sky III, 2017 Oil on canvas 19 x 30 inches
      You Can’t Possibly Carry That Much Sky III, 2017
      Oil on canvas
      19 x 30 inches
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    • So Hard to See Right Now , 2020 Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in
      So Hard to See Right Now , 2020
      Oil on canvas
      24 x 30 in
    • The Weight of All this Gold, 2018 Oil on Canvas 36 x 48 inches
      The Weight of All this Gold, 2018
      Oil on Canvas
      36 x 48 inches
    • Oh So Blue, 2021 Oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches
      Oh So Blue, 2021
      Oil on canvas
      30 x 40 inches
    • Don't Let Her Flame Touch Your Fire, 2021 Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches
      Don't Let Her Flame Touch Your Fire, 2021
      Oil on canvas
      24 x 30 inches
    • Love Might Be Great but Why Lose Your Head?, 2017 Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches
      Love Might Be Great but Why Lose Your Head?, 2017
      Oil on canvas
      24 x 30 inches
    • False Notice for False Leaving , 2017 Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches
      False Notice for False Leaving , 2017
      Oil on canvas
      24 x 30 inches
    • Gold Center, 2021 Oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches
      Gold Center, 2021
      Oil on canvas
      36 x 36 inches
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