Art and Heritage Online Database

Collection: Gray's School of Art Fine Art Collection
Object Type: painting
Artist/Maker: Cookson, Elliott
Date: 2018
Media/Materials: oil and colourant on canvas
Dimensions: overall: 114 cm x 176 cm
Awards: RGU Drawing and Painting Purchase Award
Classification: Fine Art: Painting BA (Hons)

Description:

Nightdress
The questioning of authenticity is a crucial element that has evolved though out my practice. This is explored through depicting resemblances of the real, blurring the lines between reality and the artificial. Alluding to a range of various subject matter, the works are drawn from both first and second-hand photography, with a high percentage of imagery sourced from personal family archives. I am interested in an exploration of the past and the subject of nostalgia, therefore the images I selected are those that provide a sense of familiarity yet are complex to unfold. My work ranges from the everyday scenes to still-life imagery and figurative aspects, all of which tease out a sentimental glimpse of life.

A still life painting depicting a birds eye view of a black dress on a sofa. Subdued and supressed tones.

Object Number: ABDRG2018.519