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Delights: Bathing In Another World

Watercolor Paintings on Layered Paper
Bathhouses
Landscape Architecture
Gardens
Seven Mile Bridge
Bathsheba
Roman Baths
2014–2016  

This body of work combines natural and architectural forms.  

Pools, fountains, ponds, baths, and even the ocean within the landscape have the sense of existing expressly for ritual purposes.

They, alongside bridges, gardens, geodesic forms and colonnades become metaphors for transcendent relationships, transformation and growth.


Locked, watercolor and graphite on layered paper, 34” x 27 x 2”, 2015 A Pool For Every Sorrow, watercolor and graphite on layered paper, 34” x 27 x 2”, 2015 Frigidarium, watercolor and graphite on layered paper, 34” x 27 x 2”, 2013 Winter Palace Garden II, watercolor on layered tracing paper, 20” x 24” x 2”, 2012 Archimboldo’s Summer, watercolor and graphite on layered paper, 24” x 20” x 2”, 2015 Atrium, watercolor and graphite on layered paper, 20” x 24” x 2”, 2014 Seven Mile, watercolor and graphite on layered paper, 68” x 27” x 2” 2015 Delights IV, watercolor and graphite on layered paper, 34” x 27 x 2”, 2015 Delights I, watercolor and graphite on layered paper, 34” x 27 x 2”, 2014 Delights II, watercolor and graphite on layered paper, 34” x 27 x 2”, 2014 Bathsheba, watercolor on layered paper, 18 in x 24 in, 2016




Artist Statement
My work employs translucent materials such as watercolor, layered tracing paper and wax to evoke the atmospheric qualities of light. It often explores my interests in contemplative spaces and interpersonal relationships.

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

Small works often lead me to make larger installations or sculptures, but I continually return to the two-dimensional surface.




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