Laura E. Pritchett, For Love or Vanity?, acrylic on panel, 48 x 36”. Courtesy Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC.
A painting inspired by the extinction of a rare bird resonates with a Principle Gallery collector
For Love or Vanity? by Laura E. Pritchett sold out of Principle Gallery in Charleston, South Carolina. The painting was inspired by a special species of parrot called the Carolina Parakeet that went extinct in 1918, largely because of the fashion industry’s high demand for their colorful plumage. “These birds were unique, explains Pritchett. “In addition to their vivid, tropical beauty, brightly contrasting most North American forests and fields, they had a rare instinct to stand by their flock-mates at all costs…the moment a member of their flock was injured and unable to fly, the rest would change course, descend and cover the vulnerable bird in an attempt to protect it from further harm. The story of how the world lost these parakeets struck me,” Pritchett continues. “What if, instead of valuing them simply for their beauty and harvesting them to add to our own vanity, we’d admired them most for the intrinsic way they cared for one another?”
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Pegah Samaie, Woman Life Freedom, oil on ACM panel, 5 x 7.” Courtesy 33 Contemporary, Lake Worth Beach, FL, and 33PA.
Small works prove popular in 33PA’s April online show
Pegah Samaie’s painting sold to a collector who saw the small-scale portrait in the April issue of American Art Collector magazine. Samaie’s painting Woman Life Freedom was part of Mini-Mi, an online show presented by 33 Contemporary and 33PA on the Artsy platform. Samaie is an American-Iranian representational artist who was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. She moved to the United States when she was 30 years old and uses her art as a tool to navigate the experiences she and other women have encountered in a culture dominated by patriarchal governments and traditional households. Woman Life Freedom is part of a new series that explores what it means to be a woman in Middle Eastern culture. Samaie eventually learned to use her past experiences consciously and subconsciously to express the reconciliation she is making with all the storms of her life. In rising from the wreckage and painting issues related to women’s rights, she is recovering, reclaiming and redesigning what it means to be a woman. —
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