/// ABOUT THIS EXHIBITION
ArtsWorcester East Gallery
May 9 through June 16, 2024
Public Reception: Friday, May 10, 6:00-9:00 PM /// DETAILS
Pearson explains that her inner child—five, ten, fifteen-year-old Sophie—“comes to play” and scribbles over the paintings with pastels. Remembering feelings of shame or pain, she marks her own face and the faces of caretakers with frowns, jagged hair, and chaotic scribbles. At other times, she remembers the warmth and light, adding a sun to the corner or a heart for her Mommy and Daddy. These paintings simultaneously depict the distortion of traumatic memories built in youth while reclaiming and validating the complicated, and often conflicting, emotions one can hold during and after those moments.
The childhood paintings lead into self-portraits of adolescence and adulthood. In these portraits, we see battles of the mind and body. We also see remnants of the reds and blues– the marks of childhood following us through time in the form of tarnished memories and insecurities.
“With my art, I aim to create healing for myself,” says Pearson, “and in doing so, whoever else may need it.”
Sophie Pearson is an oil painter, currently living in Worcester, Massachusetts. She received her BFA from Lesley University in 2021. She has previously exhibited work in group exhibitions at the Cambridge Art Association, the Piano Craft Gallery, and ArtsWorcester, among others.
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View works below. For sales inquiries, please contact the galleries at sue@artsworcester.org or call (508) 755-5142.
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/newphoneocean.jpg)
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/newphoneocean.jpg)
I Remember You in the Ocean
oil paint and pastel on wood
18" x 24"
2023
Not For Sale
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/blessthedaughters2.jpg)
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/blessthedaughters2.jpg)
Bless the Daughters
oil paint and pastel on wood
24" x 36"
2023
$3,900 (sold)
![Weaponofchoice24x36oilonpanel2023(1) Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weaponofchoice24x36oilonpanel20231.jpg)
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Weapon of Choice
oil paint and pastel on wood
24" x 36"
2023
$3,900
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The Birthdays Before
oil paint and pastel on wood
24" x 36"
2023
Not For Sale
![summerfeelsdifferentnow2(1) Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/summerfeelsdifferentnow21.jpg)
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Summer Feels Different Now
oil paint and pastel on wood
24" x 24"
2024
$3,400
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/middleman.jpg)
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/middleman.jpg)
The Middleman
oil and pastel on canvas
4' x 5'
2024
$6,500
![IMG_6674](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6674-scaled.jpg)
![IMG_6674](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6674-scaled.jpg)
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1. Frogs on the Window, oil on wood, 5" x 7", 2023, $90 (sold)
2. Littlest Pet Shop, oil on wood, 4" x 4", 2023, $70 (sold)
3. No Tears!, oil on wood, 6" x 8", 2024, $110 (sold)
4. Kid Cuisine, oil on wood, 6" x 8", 2024, $110 (sold)
5. Childhood in the Pool, oil on wood, 5" x 5", 2024, $90 (sold)
6. FRIENDS, oil on wood, 4" x 4", 2022, $70
7. Mermaid Barbie, oil on wood, 4" x 6", 2023, $80 (sold)
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/onlinestrangers.jpg)
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/onlinestrangers.jpg)
Internet Strangers
oil paint and pastel on wood
24" x 36"
2024
$3,900
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_5525.jpeg)
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_5525.jpeg)
What I Would Do
oil on wood
24" x 30"
2022
$3,400
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/belted.jpg)
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/belted.jpg)
Belted
oil on wood
24" x 36"
2021
$3,900
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dressingnewphone_2.jpg)
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dressingnewphone_2.jpg)
Dressing
oil on wood
24" x 30"
2022
$3,400
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/lipstickonapig.jpg)
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/lipstickonapig.jpg)
Lipstick on a Pig
oil paint and pastel on wood
24" x 36"
2024
$3,900
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/tothebabyillneverhave.jpg)
![Capital](https://artsworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/tothebabyillneverhave.jpg)
To The Baby I'll Never Have
oil and pastel on wood
18" x 24"
2024
$2,400
For sales inquiries, please contact the galleries at sue@artsworcester.org or call (508) 755-5142.
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