ARTIST STATEMENT

Elissa Morley explores the lived experience of domestic and contemplative spaces by employing translucent materials that evoke the atmospheric qualities of light. 

Layering translucent materials both conceals and reveals forms, suggesting dimension and history. 

In her recent body of work, Interior/Exterior: The Contemporary Modern Dream House, she explores “glass-box” houses as repositories of dreams, memories, desires and loss.  

Landscapes integrate with the built environment.  Hints of furnishings evoke human presence and relational dynamics.

White stripes interrupt the viewer’s field of vision, contrasting with the more mutable, translucent areas of shifting light and color.

These linear boundaries activate the viewer’s role as voyeur as they peer into and out from these coveted spaces.

The inherent transparency of these dream houses open space to contemplate our need to connect with nature and others. 

We may also meditate upon how we require shelter and privacy from these elements.   In examining the thin membrane separating “inside” from “outside” she hopes that we will ponder the fragility and vulnerability of our human existence, as well as the language we use to describe it.

For pricing and further information about my work, please feel free to contact me at elissarosemorley@gmail.com or use the contact form.