Hello, and welcome to Our Newsletter Issue #6!
It is a pleasure to have you here.
Following the August round up in the last issue, I am happy to announce that the two rose artworks are now officially released on my website! Take a look, and share to whomever you think may like them! Also, I would like to extend a warm welcome to my new readers, if you would like to read any of the previous issues, you can find them on my website here.
Now, it is time to continue our journey through the Finding Closeness series. Today we are looking at the mini series within the series Love on a Night Train parts 1-3.
Love on a Night Train Pt 1, 2020
Oil and phototransfer on canvas
50.8 x 61 cm
Signed on back
This painting is available to collect, email info@ariettachandris.com to enquire about it
Love on a Night Train Pt 2, 2020
Oil and phototransfer on canvas
50.8 x 61 cm
Signed on back
This painting is available to collect, email info@ariettachandris.com to enquire about it
Love on a Night Train Pt 3, 2020
Oil and phototransfer on canvas
50.8 x 61 cm
Signed on back
This painting is available to collect, email info@ariettachandris.com to enquire about it
Working well as a triptych or as stand alone pieces, Love on a Night Train parts 1-3 have an interesting backstory: I don’t know the people in these paintings but their interactions are etched fondly in my memory because they are so similar, yet so different.
In Part 1 we have an older couple: the woman looks so at ease as she rests on the man who is absentmindedly staring toward the adverts at the top of the carriage, waiting for their stop. There’s something peaceful about this, I remember the interaction put a smile on my face. In Part 2 the couple is younger; their energy was chaotic, and to this day I am not sure if they are friends or an item. They hopped on the train like a whirlwind, dropped their bags and plonked themselves onto the seats, where they proceeded to have an animated conversation. I was reading a book at the time and the whole interaction was so out there it made me look up and chuckle. In Part 3 the couple are so enamoured with one another, this was a late night interaction and they were definitely boozy, perhaps they were on a cheerful journey home after a successful date? Who knows.
This is what I really love about the ‘Finding Closeness’ series. In the instances where I don’t know the people I am painting, it is an opportunity to create small stories about who they are and what they’re doing. To people watch, if you will. I’m sure I am often wrong in my assumptions, but that’s not the point. The point is to try and explore this aspect of humanity, these curious fleeting moments that highlight a sense of humanness.
Love on a Night Train Parts 1-3 as they could look in your home.
If you would like to see them separately in different settings email info@ariettachandris.com to enquire about it
These three paintings were featured in the exhibition People Like You + Me at the East London Liquor Company, which I co-curated with Julia Howe in February 2020. 'Love on a Night Train pt. 2' was then also exhibited in September 2020 in the exhibition In Connection at Domatio Gallery in Athens, Greece.
Slightly delayed in sending this newsletter out today as I’ve been travelling!
Feel free, as always, to let me know your thoughts. I always enjoy reading them.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Lots of love (from Greece),
Arietta xx