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Olivia Pendergast Exhibition



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​One Off is pleased to present​



Facing life

Recent oil paintings by
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Olivia Pendergast


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​​Private View:
Saturday, 25 January - noon to 5pm
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Ends - 23 February 2020
Olivia Pendergast Exhibition - Facing life

Artist's Statement

​The paintings that I create are a direct reflection of the experience I am having.  I simply see something that creates movement, stirs something that feels like California Poppy orange or a particular note in a song that brings forth tears of recognition. A giddiness rises in the chest and a “yes” that is curious about a mother holding her child to her chest, or the way light comes through a blackberry bramble.

By being present I am aware of hundreds of times a day when this movement occurs and as a way to express the excitement, I am moved to paint.

If someone gleans something from that it is of their own accord, through their own precious movement.

There is a feeling that arises when I see line being used in art. It seems to try to define what cannot be defined, what could never be truly known. The same thing seems to happen when negative space is used to try to define something in a painting. What is it that I think I want to know? Form? Weight? Size? How much definition do I need? Or is it the “attempt” to define something, that really creates all the hubbub that makes me sit and stare at a Robert Motherwell, perched on the edge of tears, for 45 minutes?

There is not any attempt to charade the work that I create. It is a process, an unfolding that I cannot even understand or take credit for. The gesso goes down, then the under-painting, then the line through pencil and scratches, and then the painting. This is how it works, how it is created and there is nothing to glaze over and create the illusion that I “know” what I am doing.

More on Olivia Pendergast

Preview of Works

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Olivia Pendergast - Naivasha Pink - Oil on canvas - 61h x 61w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Sunflowers - Oil on canvas - 61.50h x 46w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Boy on Barrel Kangemi - Oil on paper - 121h x 90w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Naivasha Blue, 2020 - Oil on canvas - 92h x 92w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Street Boy Dandelions - Oil on canvas - 61.50h x 46w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Olivia Pendergast - Street Boy Milkthistle - Oil on canvas - 61.50h x 46w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Girl with Goat - Oil on paper - 76h x 51w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Girl Touching Face - Oil on paper - 96h x 58w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Mama with Baby - Oil on paper - 91h x 61w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Mama Kibera - Oil on paper - 121h x 90w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Spirit Weavers - Oil on paper - 124h x 89w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Maude - Oil on paper - 53h x 53w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Girl in Headscarf - Oil on paper - 71h x 56w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Lucy in Profile - Oil on paper - 71h x 56w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Girl Sitting on Chair - Oil on paper - 91h x 90w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Girl with Yellow Dress with Cellphone - Oil on canvas - 123h x 91w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Red Skirt - Oil on paper - 121h x 90w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Woman on Stool Kangemi - Oil on paper - 97h x 77w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Mama in Blue Skirt - Oil on paper - 121h x 90w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Olivia Pendergast - Street Boy Sunflower - Oil on canvas - 61.50h x 46w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Brothers - Oil on paper - 100h x 73w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Olivia Pendergast - Street Boy Neem - Oil on canvas - 61.50h x 46w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Maasai Study - Oil on board - 30h x 30w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Boy eating Bread - Oil on paper - 62h x 45w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Mama Kangemi - Oil on paper - 87h x 61w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Fisherman on White - Oil on paper - 119h x 92w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Oil Study on Red - Oil on paper - 41h x 30w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Oil Study on Blue - Oil on paper - 41h x 30w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Pen on Ink Study I - Pen and Ink on paper - 42h x 32w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Pen on Ink Study II - Pen and Ink on paper - 42h x 32w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Pen on Ink Study III - Pen and Ink on paper - 42h x 32w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Water Colour Study I - Watercolour on paper - 42h x 50w cm
Water Colour Study II - Watercolour on paper - 42h x 50w cm
Olivia Pendergast - Water Colour Study III - Watercolour on paper - 42h x 50w cm

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