Seasons

Sculpture

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HCC Permanent Art Collection

Name/Title

Seasons

Entry/Object ID

2015.3.1

Description

Large, vertical carved and painted wood relief of a long stick in the center, as birds fly around in the background scenery.

Collection

HCC Permanent Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Rachel Stewart

Role

Artist

Date made

2015

Location

Category

Temporary

Exhibition

HCC Permanent Art Collection

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

Rachel Stewart Seasons, 2015 wood relief sculpture 23 x 10.5 x 3 in. Gift of the artist, 2015.3.1 Deeply inspired by her time in Jamaica (where she lived and worked for 20 years), artist Rachel Stewart finds inspiration in the natural world. In the background of Seasons, cool hues and shallow diagonal lines in the top section suggest the rippling surface of water or a clear blue sky, dotted by three white silhouettes of birds in flight. In contrast, the lower portion is infused with warm tones and complex textures, perhaps alluding to the geological layers of the earth. In the center, a three-dimensional tree branch stands in quiet solitude, barren yet resolute in the foreground. The title Season suggests that each element alludes to the changes of the seasons, to the rhythms and natural cycles that indicate not only the passage of time but periods of change that occur throughout our lives. This work of art is a part of the HCC Permanent Art Collection. The HCC Art Galleries, through their Campus Loan Outreach Program, seek to share original art by collecting a diversity of works for the education and enjoyment of the HCC Community.

Label

Rachel Stewart Seasons, 2015 Carved and painted wood relief with frame 23” x 10 ½” x 3” Gift of the artist, 2015.3.1 Rachel Stewart received a BFA in sculpture from Boston University College of Fine Arts and has MA in Creativity Studies at the Union Institute and University. She lived and worked in Jamaica making it her home for twenty years. She taught at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts and exhibited her sculptures in various galleries including the National Gallery of Jamaica. Her work can be seen in private and corporate collections throughout Jamaica including three large wall murals in the Springs Plaza in Kingston, Life of Jamaica New Kingston Shopping Plaza and won the Governor Generals Award for her collaborative mosaic wall mural located in the Coal Yard Market in downtown Kingston. This work of art is a part of the Permanent Art Collection of Gallery 221@HCC Dale Mabry Campus.