Atmospheres and Stability

2017

Atmospheres and Stability centres around the idea of materiality and the perception of colour. Looking closely at a colour for a sustained time produces an after image of its opposing colour. The body of 19 works investigates the moment the perception of one colour gives way in succession to the perception of another by overlaying large washes with repeating patterns of its opposite.

The series evolved through a process of layering pigments, using dry brush and washing techniques. They are the result of seeing and cultivating an awareness of seeing in everyday experiences.
Atmospheres and Stability was my second solo show at Spiro Grace Art Rooms, exhibited from 7 October – 11 November, 2017.

Michelle Eskola. Atmospheres and Stability 2017. — *Atmospheres and Stability* at Spiro Grace Art Rooms 2017. Photo: Carl Warner.

Michelle Eskola. Untitled (between time and form) 2017. — *Untitled (between time and form)* 2017, pigment on paper, 210 x 310 mm (framed). Photo: Carl Warner.

Michelle Eskola. Scrambling and Transmission 2017. — *Scrambling and Transmission* 2017, pigment on paper, 400 x 550 mm, diptych (framed). Photo: Carl Warner.

*Untitled blue-orange,* 2021, pigment on paper, 300 x 315 mm. Photo: Carl Warner.

Michelle Eskola. Between Time and Form 2017. — *Between Time and Form* 2017, pigment on paper, 900 x 650 mm (framed). Photo: Carl Warner.

Michelle Eskola. Variation (as remembered) 2017. — *Variation (as remembered)* 2017, pigment on paper, 400 x 360 mm, diptych (framed). Photo: Carl Warner.

Michelle Eskola. Time, Beat, Transition 2017. — *Time, Beat, Transition* 2017, pigment on paper, 615 x 615 mm (framed). Photo: Carl Warner.

*It Comes in Waves* 2017, pigment on paper, 700 x 500 mm (framed). Photo: Carl Warner.

Michelle Eskola. Shifting Perspective 2017. — *Shifting Perspective* 2017, pigment on paper, 500 x 445 mm, diptych (framed). Photo: Carl Warner.

Michelle Eskola. Mind/Breath 2017. — *Mind/Breath* 2017, pigment on paper, 390 x 365 mm (framed). Photo: Carl Warner.