PAULA ELLIOTT: ODDBALLS & ABSURDITIES

December 13 - January 29, 2025

DENISE BIBRO FINE ART, NYC presents PAULA ELLIOTT’S virtual exhibition Oddballs & Absurdities. In this new exhibition, Paula Elliott unveils her latest explorations in Oddballs and Absurdities, a playful yet thoughtful collection of works that blend geometric precision with whimsical spontaneity. Working primarily in charcoal, pastel, pencil, and paint, Elliott pushes the boundaries of form with her signature combination of strict geometric shapes and amorphous, flowing elements.

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DBFA presents Paula Elliott: Oddballs & Absurdities and Greg Chann: Konstruct + Kolor, two distinct yet complementary exhibitions that explore the intersection of form, color, and imagination. While each artist follows their own unique creative process, their shared sensibility invites a dynamic dialogue when viewed together.

We encourage you to experience these works side by side, ask questions, and engage with both artists’ creative visions. Studio visits are also available for those interested in a deeper look into their artistic processes.

SELECTED WORKS

In Elliott’s words:

“In the large body of work I have created on paper, I have primarily used charcoal and pastel as mediums– a combination I have explored extensively together with pencil and paint. 

 

In these pieces, as in the past, I have focused on a single image. Often in previous works I incorporated contrasts between strict geometrical shapes and softer amorphous forms. In my fanciful new drawings, which I have entitled Oddballs for their quirky peculiarity, I continue to take in hand this opposition.

 

In them I have introduced a spatial “cutout”– a shape producing a distinct optical effect of a more intense and material white, greater than the normal white of the page. It also functions as a supportive base, by way of a negative foundation for the consequent structures of the overall image.

 

Accompanying these works are several recent pieces from my ongoing series The Thing Is. Here I have juxtaposed with more freely drawn elements, a faceted edge that helps shape the “built” structure and animates the white background.”