KELSEY DAWN PEARSON

Crayfish Claw

Soft Sculpture - bark-tanned fish skins sewn together, backed with buckskin, stuffed with wool

This piece was installed as part of the Landing group exhibition at No. 9 Gardens, curated by Sunny Kerr with the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.

Canvas Tent Installation

Part of the Lizardman Series

Installed in separate solo exhibitions at Concordia University (Montreal, QC) and Hoopla Print Shop & Gallery (Kingston, ON)

The woman has been waiting on Lizardman

She sleeps alone in their bed

Expecting him

It is difficult to confirm when he has emerged as he does not fabricate in the same way

She spends her mornings searching the woods

Brushing her fingers over the rocks, squeezing juices out of the moss, crushing decomposed logs under her feet

Hoping to find a portal

Is that him?

Is he her(e)?

These are the instructions I was given

I have been touched by him. I feel him near. On my skin, woven into my being

Reaching out, seeking connection

Won't he distract me from my own flesh? Won't they free me from this reality?

Casting and reeling

Casting and reeling

She saw him do this before

Casting and reeling

Proving that she can

There is something to be found, that’s what he told her

So she returns to the water each day

I wish I could bring him to be

Use my body as vessel

Use me as a portal, connecting our worlds

What use am I?

What function is served if he does not emerge

The woman sets the table

Rearranging their favourite collection

Erecting the right decor

Unsure if he will ever emerge

To remove my flesh and repair his own

I have been waiting on Lizardman

Unsure if I will ever return

Sweater

Content: varied fibres- alpaca wool, silk, sheep wool, acrylic

Stone Lithography

2019

Relief Carving

2018-2019

Knit Sweater

Wool and Acrylic

2019

Relief Print

6” x 8”

2019

Relief Print

6” x 8”

2019

Relief Print, 6” x 8”, 2018

Relief Print, 6” x 10”, 2018

Relief Print, 6” x 10”, 2018

Relief Carving, 12” x 12”, 2018

Relief Carving, 12” x 12”, 2018

Relief Print, 10" x 13", 2017

32" x 40" Relief print

Relief Print, 22" x 30", 2016

Relief Print, 30" x 22", 2016

Lithography and Screen

Lithography and Screen