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Mari Saxon
Sophie Pearson
Challenge
photography, archival pigment print (framed)
16″ x 24″ x 1″
2024
From our ongoing project Self Love Club: I met Sophie at an exhibition of her paintings in ArtsWorcester Gallery, and I was struck by the contrast between her beauty and the self-hatred reflected in her art. I proposed we work together on a project to explore this self-hatred, with my main goal and hope being to show her — and the world — the groundlessness of this hatred, its illegality. Fullness does not detract from beauty; rather, it’s self-hatred that distorts it. This is precisely what I aim to express in my project. The title of the project was inspired by Sophie’s shoulder tattoo: a sarcastic inscription that reads ‘Self Love Club,’ adorned with roses.
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Mari Saxon
Sophie Pearson
Trapped in a body
photography, archival pigment print (framed)
16″ x 24″ x 1″
2024
From our ongoing project Self Love Club: I met Sophie at an exhibition of her paintings in ArtsWorcester Gallery, and I was struck by the contrast between her beauty and the self-hatred reflected in her art. I proposed we work together on a project to explore this self-hatred, with my main goal and hope being to show her — and the world — the groundlessness of this hatred, its illegality. Fullness does not detract from beauty; rather, it’s self-hatred that distorts it. This is precisely what I aim to express in my project. The title of the project was inspired by Sophie’s shoulder tattoo: a sarcastic inscription that reads ‘Self Love Club,’ adorned with roses.
@marisaxon.art
@creating.sophie
Sophie Pearson
You are my
oil on wood
8 x 10″
2024
Set on a beach in Maine, this painting explores the complexity of facing neglect, while simultaneously feeling joy and love. A young girl reaches for her sunshine, but her sunshine is clouded with blue.
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Sophie Pearson
TOO SENSITIVE
oil on canvas
36″ x 36″
2022
Toni is part of an ongoing series of portraits created on wood panels. Through layers of colored pencil, I represent each sitter faithfully, while indulging in the varied, rich colors I find in each face. The raw wood offers a more complex and tactile canvas for me to work from. I enjoy the way the natural surface emerges as a part of each subject’s complexion by creating undertones and highlights.
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Sophie Pearson
Worrier
oil on wood
4″ x 4″ x 1.5″
2023
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Bless the Daughters
oil paint and pastel on wood
24″ x 36″
2023
Lipstick on a Pig
oil paint and pastel on wood
24″ x 36″
2024
The Birthdays Before
oil paint and pastel on wood
24″ x 36″
2023
I Remember You in the Ocean
oil paint and pastel on wood
18″ x 24″
2023
Weapon of Choice
oil paint and pastel on wood
24″ x 36″
2023
Summer Feels Different Now
oil paint and pastel on wood
24″ x 24″
2024
Internet Strangers
oil paint and pastel on wood
24″ x 36″
2024
Mermaid Barbie
oil on wood
4″ x 6″
2023
Littlest Pet Shop
oil on wood
4″ x 4″
2023
FRIENDS
oil on wood
4″ x 4″
2022
Frogs On The Window
oil on wood
5″ x 7″
2023
Childhood In The Pool
oil on wood
5″ x 5″
2024
No Tears!
oil on wood
6″ x 8″
2024
Kid Cuisine
oil on wood
6″ x 8″
2024
Dressing
oil on wood
24″ x 30″
2022
Belted
oil on wood
24″ x 36″
2021
What I Would Do
oil on wood
24″ x 30″
2022
To The Baby I’ll Never Have
oil and pastel on wood
18″ x 24″
2024
The Middleman
oil and pastel on canvas
4′ x 5′
2024
Sophie Pearson
Locket
oil on wood
6×12″
2022
Lockets are personal; they contain photos of loved ones, items that we want to hold close, sometimes even the hair of those we care for. Mine contains the following: several sharks teeth I found with my husband in the place I grew up, a seashell from the same beach, a piece of pottery from the home in which I spent my teenage years, and some Swarovski crystals just for fun. The front is glass to show off its contents. It is special, it is mine, and it feels like home.
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