Rachel Ferguson

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solitude is a form of self protection. It is a place where one can avoid responsibilities to others and deny any need for approval. It allows time to escape from the demands of day to day life. It is simple, contained and still.

My paintings are meant to convey the comfort of solitude, but they also reveal its limits. The figures are confined by the space they occupy and their bodies are rendered inactive by their thoughts. Ultimately, the security their contained poses suggest should lead one to think of entrapment.

My work attempts to communicate both a dependence on solitude and a yearning for some outside force to break it.

 

 

 

 

His Shirt
24" x 12"
Oil on Panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Girl With Flowered Ribbon
36" x 36"
Oil on Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

Girl With Pink Flowers
24" x 16"
Oil on Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

Girl With Yellow Ribbons
32" x 16"
Oil on Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contemplation
36" x 42"
Oil on Panel
2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclining Girl With Pink Flowers
24" x 48"
Oil on Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

Girl With Yellow Flower
24" x 24"
Oil on Panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illumination
36" x 24"
Oil on Panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View
48" x 36"
Oil on Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crossing
36" x 48"
Oil on Panel
2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wings
36" x 24"
Oil on Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unthought Of
24" x 48"
Oil on Panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tumbled
36" x 48"
Oil on Panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not Fallen
24" x 36"
Oil on Panel
2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blues
32" x 24"
Oil on Panel
2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grounded
72" x 48"
Oil on Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Girl In Red
36" x 48"
Oil on Panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patience
30" x 36"
Oil on Panel
2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Dream
24" x 28"
Oil on Panel
2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Into Shadow
32" x 24"
Oil on Panel
2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grip
36" x 60"
Oil on Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nest
36" x 36"
Oil on Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Girl on Bench
36" x 48"
Oil on Panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Girl With White Flower
12" x 16"
Oil on Panel
Sold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Flowers
24" x 12"
Oil on Panel
Sold

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning
48" x 24"
Oil on Board
SOLD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appeal
32" x 12"
Oil on Board
SOLD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arrangement
15" x 20"
Oil on Panel
2003
Sold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barriers
48" x 30"
Oil on Board
SOLD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Behind Her
24" x 36"
Oil on Panel
Sold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank
36" x 24"
Oil on Board
Sold