gestural landscapes
Queen, oil on canvas, 210x180cm, 2023
Geranium Lake, oil on canvas, 80x104cm, 2023
Iteration no. 1, oil on canvas, 80x104cm, 2023
Harmonia, oil on canvas, 80x104cm, 2023
Growing Season, oil on canvas, 210x160cm, 2023
Impermanence, oil on canvas, 210x160cm, 2023
Object of My Affection, oil and oil pastel on canvas, 160x210cm, 2022
body drawing, video still
Child’s Pose, oil and oil pastel on canvas, 160x210cm, 2022
Prayer Position, oil on canvas, 210x160cm, 2021
Vitruvian Body, oil on canvas, 210x160cm, 2021
Double Vessel, oil on canvas, 160x210cm, 2021
In The Fold, oil on canvas, 210x160cm, 2021
Ouroboros, oil on canvas, 210x160cm, 2021
In the studio with ‘Growing Season’ and ‘Iteration no. 1’, 2023
Erin Frost's large-scale oil paintings are a combined process of the corporeal and metaphysical. Beginning as improvised performance on the textile surface, her meditative exploration unfolds as she traces outlines of her intuitive movements, creating an autodidactic map for the evolving painting.
Guided by a philosophical approach rooted in beginner's mind, Frost actively embraces the unknown. Intentionally releasing previsualization allows her to paint the forms instinctively as they emerge around her. Working on the floor, she inhabits the interior space of these gestural landscapes as they unfold.
Through this process, Frost infuses the textiles with her corporeal essence, blending the figurative and abstract. The commingling of the physical and transcendental is the tension at play in her practice. The paintings, once completed, are intentionally hung loose, enhancing the inherent intimacy of the work.