Ariel Mitchell

Ariel Mitchell https://arielmitchell.com Ariel Mitchell Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:27:57 +0000 https://arielmitchell.com en Stepping on Tiny Rocks http://arielmitchell.com/Stepping-on-Tiny-Rocks Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:27:57 +0000 Ariel Mitchell 429653 <--  --> <img width="1263" height="1508" width_o="1263" height_o="1508" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7db1774b707d2b3d4d007fd085fc75153749e5aa8d4bf3abe3a6c8e54eb88cc5/Stepping-on-Tiny-Rocks.jpg" data-mid="1219709" border="0" /> <img width="1440" height="1920" width_o="1440" height_o="1920" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/14566d160c2f37c086008dbfe3838aa03327471c85784bda4fd40d0e5b031def/Stepping-Study.JPG" data-mid="1219708" border="0" /> Stepping on Tiny Rocks, oil on linen, 60 x 72”, 2022 Study: 10 x 12” <--  --> Stepping on Tiny Rocks, oil on linen, 60 x 72”, 2022 Study: 10 x 12” Pathways Through the Bedroom Carpet http://arielmitchell.com/Pathways-Through-the-Bedroom-Carpet Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:24:25 +0000 Ariel Mitchell 429652 <-- <img width="2644" height="3180" width_o="2644" height_o="3180" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2ec6bb76198c1bc0ef14a2654da03ba95794208f7362917d58505950910593bc/Pathways-Through-the-Bedroom-Carpet.jpg" data-mid="1219706" border="0" /> <img width="2885" height="3477" width_o="2885" height_o="3477" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0f0253218f78c2dc43fcee70c761129476afac7ad1aa9b7972b1344feffd183d/Pathways-Carpet-Study.jpg" data-mid="1219707" border="0" /> Pathways Through the Bedroom CarpetStudy: 10 x 12” Expanse of one color, innards pink, complete from wall to wall. The vacuum makes dark and light pathways. Arranging tomorrow’s outfit in the corner, like an empty scarecrow in repose, the underwear on top. The cat leaves his fur in another corner. Looking closely into the fibers, it becomes a forest, thick pink trees entwined together, growing out of bone. <-- Pathways Through the Bedroom CarpetStudy: 10 x 12” Expanse of one color, innards pink, complete from wall to wall. The vacuum makes dark... Bare Feet on the Cold Concrete http://arielmitchell.com/Bare-Feet-on-the-Cold-Concrete Mon, 29 Aug 2022 19:19:57 +0000 Ariel Mitchell 429648 <--   --> <img width="2176" height="2609" width_o="2176" height_o="2609" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bf5a172c22f6537b86d7905de85870a4c1e606befbaeb0cda51a11c79c428466/Bare-Feet-on-the-Cold-Concrete.jpg" data-mid="1219702" border="0" /> <img width="3023" height="3697" width_o="3023" height_o="3697" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/662ffcaa36ce97a09ca1c687c70b8ac925c1d9716bcfa2323689aad5fc121e38/Bare-Feet-Concrete-Study.jpg" data-mid="1219701" border="0" /> Bare Feet on the Cold Concrete, oil on linen, 60 x 72”, 2022 Study: 10 x 12” A chilled, hard, smooth pirouette. Perfect for roller blades, gliding silently in figure eights. Unbelievably flat, so dense and perfect like an exacted jello mold. Cheek to unrelenting floor, lying flat is a balm for a sunburned butt. <--   --> Bare Feet on the Cold Concrete, oil on linen, 60 x 72”, 2022 Study: 10 x 12” A chilled, hard, smooth pirouette.... Fingers in the Batter Bowl http://arielmitchell.com/Fingers-in-the-Batter-Bowl Mon, 29 Aug 2022 19:13:40 +0000 Ariel Mitchell 429647 <--    --> <img width="2488" height="2971" width_o="2488" height_o="2971" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/532f536114f5f3225f2dd88d920a74a5f967965d597b92946e6ceb662d02a9d4/Fingers-in-the-Batter-Bowl.jpg" data-mid="1219699" border="0" /> <img width="2937" height="2563" width_o="2937" height_o="2563" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3d48a0e7bd0752742aee9ac9d4e7e0e4c6739b3d25b5514d3f38766cfdb5cff9/Fingers-Batter-Study.jpg" data-mid="1219700" border="0" /> <img width="2182" height="2667" width_o="2182" height_o="2667" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/adce74067e4aa9b6232679401964a24f61624ff02866ddd37e8f6d9aac8a8cb7/Fingers-Batter-Study-2.jpg" data-mid="1219698" border="0" /> Fingers in the Batter Bowl oil on linen, 60 x 72”, 2022 Studies: 8 x 10”, 10 x 12” A feast for naked hands, the perfect pairing of whipped butter and sugar. Like warmth, a hug enfolded in peaked egg whites. <--    --> Fingers in the Batter Bowl oil on linen, 60 x 72”, 2022 Studies: 8 x 10”, 10 x 12” A feast for naked hands, the... Drama at the Birthday Pardy http://arielmitchell.com/Drama-at-the-Birthday-Pardy Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:09:57 +0000 Ariel Mitchell 429638 <--   --> <img width="2669" height="3212" width_o="2669" height_o="3212" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e419595116fe71ebfded64db7e1a8e44f1816bdc69d9cd369958fba3a739ca45/Drama-at-the-Birthday-Party.jpg" data-mid="1219624" border="0" /><img width="3011" height="3665" width_o="3011" height_o="3665" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5c17914f84eadc05c1c8e2f3f8fc7316c90857544c37c58a7e06bd1786f384ba/Drama-study-3.jpg" data-mid="1219622" border="0" /><img width="2991" height="3477" width_o="2991" height_o="3477" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/15a8232f6ea3cd67bb20137e6720702320ac663d853fb63de08e8a1f07484aef/Drama-study-2.jpg" data-mid="1219625" border="0" /> <img width="2967" height="3430" width_o="2967" height_o="3430" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d5991550b9f5a078717f817b84945f8277f630ee3437c08aa724cca3d025f61e/Drama-study.jpg" data-mid="1219623" border="0" />Drama at the Birthday Party, oil on linen, 60 x 72”, 2022Studies: 8 x 10”, 8 x 10”, 10 x 12” Hotdogs and grass and the warm smell of old paint on the picnic table, methodically flaking itself off over the years. I help by picking it off. Departing from the group, on a small exploration, we discover beautiful purple berries, winking at us in the sun, looking deadly and delicious. Upon our return there was much yelling, and suddenly we were lying face down on the picnic table, heads over the edge, bodies heaving and watching the hotdogs and cake and purple berries leave us, violently staining the lawn. <--   --> Drama at the Birthday Party, oil on linen, 60 x 72”, 2022Studies: 8 x 10”, 8 x 10”, 10 x 12” Hotdogs and grass and... Spider Stick http://arielmitchell.com/Spider-Stick Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:00:56 +0000 Ariel Mitchell 429637 <--   --> <img width="2714" height="3254" width_o="2714" height_o="3254" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/51867c4f8157fe73d1128e6be1c75f0a56b4dfb6e4d3a74605d1e265af518f9c/Spider-Stick-For-Protection.jpg" data-mid="1219611" border="0" /> <img width="2953" height="3629" width_o="2953" height_o="3629" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/554466aad2cc6d296e4b08302955a0b1d284759d9f8db3c3e0df73131bc3524b/Spider-Study.jpg" data-mid="1219612" border="0" /> <img width="2752" height="3435" width_o="2752" height_o="3435" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/162e40ce4ea3757da6a21c45645646877df1202a7484e0824b26fda0971e50bc/Spider-study-2.jpg" data-mid="1219613" border="0" /> Spider Stick (For Protection)oil on linen, 60 x 72”, 2022Studies: 10 x 12”, 8 x 10” In late spring the pathways in the forest were booby-trapped by spiders. Black spiders the size of a fingernail, with spiky bodies and short legs. They wove their invisible setups at mouth-height, waiting in the center like silent fat aunts in lawn chairs. It was after several terrifying run-ins that we decided to arm ourselves. <--   --> Spider Stick (For Protection)oil on linen, 60 x 72”, 2022Studies: 10 x 12”, 8 x 10” In late spring the pathways in... Smell of the Cinnamon Flowers http://arielmitchell.com/Smell-of-the-Cinnamon-Flowers Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:56:13 +0000 Ariel Mitchell 429635 <--     --> <img width="2687" height="3248" width_o="2687" height_o="3248" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3c66b3416463788cd9ab36741344fd0c61e4ebaff95edc6ccebdb9c07510fbf0/Smell-of-the-Cinnamon-Flowers.jpg" data-mid="1219609" border="0" /> <img width="2842" height="3388" width_o="2842" height_o="3388" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b0b710f91ba375434de7d21488e502a77680cb341c8c05e93dc1a8dac38fcb81/Cinnamon-Study.jpg" data-mid="1219610" border="0" /> Smell of the Cinnamon Flowers, oil on linen, 60 x 72”, 2022Study: 10 x 12”  The innards of a flower in my mother’s garden: the thin petals connect with the center, barely holding on. I could pluck them all out. The center is made of tiny black beads, each the size of an ant’s eye. Heads balance nimbly on their   stems, outdoing each other in their tallness. These flowers smell of fresh sheets and snickerdoodles, like cookies tucked into bed. <--     --> Smell of the Cinnamon Flowers, oil on linen, 60 x 72”, 2022Study: 10 x 12”  The innards of a flower in my... Dust and Solitude http://arielmitchell.com/Dust-and-Solitude Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:49:00 +0000 Ariel Mitchell 429634 <--     --> <img width="2663" height="3189" width_o="2663" height_o="3189" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/496f9f315a7c6faa54de3a23ff426383ae967e89ad298173c5a6b114e0e67e00/Dust-and-Solitude-in-the-Lean-To.jpg" data-mid="1219603" border="0" /> <img width="2925" height="3484" width_o="2925" height_o="3484" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/64c7e61707883b629fdefb85e03b4ef740946f2d5f5212f306e18e620042151b/Dust-and-Solitude-Study.jpg" data-mid="1219604" border="0" /> Dust and Solitude in the Lean-Tooil on linen, 60 x 72”, 2022 Study: 10 x 12” Squatting very stilly, so as not to disturb the dust motes, circling around in their sun dance. They avoid one another daintily, like choreographed waltzers. They each move at the same pace; slowly, deliberately, changing course on the slightest breath.  <--     --> Dust and Solitude in the Lean-Tooil on linen, 60 x 72”, 2022 Study: 10 x 12” Squatting very stilly, so as not to... Past Work http://arielmitchell.com/Past-Work Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:55:34 +0000 Ariel Mitchell 418812 <--selected works:  Appropriations : Naming Items in the Studio Exhibited in Hunter MFA thesis show, HEAVEN <img width="4065" height="3620" width_o="4065" height_o="3620" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c4aceee242eac3cde1cca49299e73afd0cfbf5c235838d66a3b3f6fdeb83e409/_G3A1410-Edit.jpg" data-mid="1162968" border="0" /> Page 34 (Frederic E. Church)oil on linen10 x 9 2021 <img width="4201" height="5113" width_o="4201" height_o="5113" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f1ba158d5e14f2cbb63c42965fb75db3231a8489b113fd90ea1691b2b70bee9d/ProblemSolving.jpg" data-mid="1162965" border="0" /> Problem Solvingoil on linen8 x 12 2021 <img width="432" height="704" width_o="432" height_o="704" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c7a295faa6cf03f324e30eee73364c9cb3963c7dbfb0b6de538cb1d61461e788/2AEE7C6D-579A-4548-A49E-16E980E19B69.jpg" data-mid="1162967" border="0" /> Bath Matoil on linen18 x 30 2021 <img width="6530" height="4379" width_o="6530" height_o="4379" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f662e598e4532f77ca9f58d0652bc03efc037438245a1a9617ac03e3272cdd95/PaintingForStorage.jpg" data-mid="1162964" border="0" /> Painting for Storageoil on canvas108 x 78 2021 <img width="4421" height="5437" width_o="4421" height_o="5437" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5ebc112969f29b31a7a43b9f08f790dc2e3a8aec14c7921ac8295f369f5c30a3/GalleryFloor.jpg" data-mid="1162966" border="0" /> Gallery Floor oil on linen66 x 68 2021 <img width="2442" height="2628" width_o="2442" height_o="2628" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c47ff9cd7f1b6fc180629ca35ff1d71f966cb1e74b82c9832a2f2384afde7bc1/tea-towel.jpg" data-mid="1164089" border="0" /> Tea Towel14 x 14oil on linen2021 <img width="2971" height="2155" width_o="2971" height_o="2155" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c1630b203100f4da1157cef2579fde88858af3df0506e57beecff494c5e934e1/IMG-2355.jpg" data-mid="1166855" border="0" /> NitroMax11 x 6oil on linen2021 Works from 2020 <img width="3574" height="2757" width_o="3574" height_o="2757" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bd922099b8f6c857351eb095e0acce4af9d07741cbe12764b75649bbb09f76f3/IMG-2323.jpg" data-mid="1167213" border="0" /> Sunset after Frederic Churchoil on canvas68 x 54 <img width="2767" height="3143" width_o="2767" height_o="3143" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cae0a50391fffc8d0b898bb5324f94bc69c1bc90f4f20607c8cc1c374d9c550f/IMG-2327.jpg" data-mid="1167212" border="0" /> Untitledoil on canvas56 x 70” <img width="2310" height="3476" width_o="2310" height_o="3476" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fe3664ee5483be6004c2e3d4a59c1926a576833f6488da2a87e29064da826360/IMG-2342.jpg" data-mid="1167607" border="0" /> Untitledoil on panel36 x 48” Ground Paintings <img width="2390" height="2886" width_o="2390" height_o="2886" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bbf42f6b779a53767720071d7accdc2a175c544c440d82a3ba126311272a390b/IMG-4414.JPG" data-mid="1164102" border="0" /> Ground Painting (Sidewalk 4) oil on linen60 x 722021 <img width="2257" height="2727" width_o="2257" height_o="2727" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2fde97fbceb0a1cff0c201782817470b06ef1326a00cfee0545e9ec6badc4cd7/IMG-4185.JPG" data-mid="1167208" border="0" /> Ground Painting (Sidewalk 2)oil on linen60 x 722021 <img width="3401" height="2894" width_o="3401" height_o="2894" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d6aaa4b21c074112b90bf4e5c44ba44ad8998408b01d2bf43cce92a3ce63af7d/IMG-4387.JPG" data-mid="1167181" border="0" /> Ground Painting (Grass)oil on linen68 x 38 <img width="2564" height="3127" width_o="2564" height_o="3127" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6c17a1daa067619510a2790a6f7a3a646e458feea061260d3db496aad5687f7a/IMG-2332.jpg" data-mid="1167211" border="0" /> Ground Painting (Sidewalk 3)oil on linen60 x 72 Wood Paintings <img width="2760" height="3027" width_o="2760" height_o="3027" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3b964253847c5631ef1c320f8eaec522fdf8b5c0b65fced3d7992ec8d4bd6f30/IMG-3340.jpg" data-mid="1164090" border="0" /> Pink Plywood with Gashesoil on linen 12 x 12 2021 <img width="2291" height="1864" width_o="2291" height_o="1864" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/facc58cf8b6979d2499295c0bd2628f927cadf28b8af9a6bfbd6d795e7660c7b/IMG-2805.jpg" data-mid="1166854" border="0" /> Sideboard at the Doctor’s Officeoil on linen46 x 362021 <img width="1125" height="3893" width_o="1125" height_o="3893" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b4966571e2e5e38529d5667480c4f6f2cea7187e470c1914f21a80d1f496c845/IMG-2310.jpg" data-mid="1167197" border="0" /> Pink Plank with Black Tapeoil on linen12 x 66 <img width="832" height="4012" width_o="832" height_o="4012" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/329d1bbdaecf4f4a2fb3123f70669f6733cdd79fbf7370bcac954c8a6d62bbc9/IMG-2313.jpg" data-mid="1167195" border="0" /> Stormy Plank with Green Tapeoil on linen10 x 74 <img width="930" height="4002" width_o="930" height_o="4002" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2b0cd5e708830a7de3aa1f18912827ce3d220cec2e3ca0bafe02d7f69a541283/IMG-2339.jpg" data-mid="1167215" border="0" /> Balsa Plankoil on linen11 x 80 <img width="1042" height="3975" width_o="1042" height_o="3975" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b2a1911fc80efa3e2d288b8941f97850acca308e773bd4c9f8adb7f3ccd3001f/IMG-2317.jpg" data-mid="1167196" border="0" /> Wizard Plankoil on linen11 x 62 <--selected works:  Appropriations : Naming Items in the Studio Exhibited in Hunter MFA thesis show, HEAVEN Page 34 (Frederic E. Church)oil on linen10... About http://arielmitchell.com/About Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:51:55 +0000 Ariel Mitchell 418259 <-- Mitchell’s work explores boundaries and control.  Beginning with a linen surface lying flat on a table, she dribbles white acrylic and clear medium, smooshing it intuitively with her fingers. Once dry, she chooses oil colors straight from the tubes. Using a tiny brush and very little pigment, she carefully stains the white underpainting with oil paint. By separating the brush stroke from the color, she cedes control and seizes control at the same time. Always staying within the bounds of the original composition, she traverses the landscape of the composition over days and weeks, methodically moving over mountains and troughs, islands and peninsulas. This process-based approach offers the opportunity to explore the “intuitive mark”, reiterating the quick, uninhibited gesture with slow and precarious maneuvers. <img width="1129" height="1063" width_o="1129" height_o="1063" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0f294a328aa8be6daea7bdf3876ca835b945b08cfb0277d01032d5f52926fdc1/ArielMitchell.png" data-mid="1219713" border="0" data-scale="27"/>Ariel Mitchell is a painter living in Brooklyn, NY. She holds an MFA from CUNY Hunter College (2021) and a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art (2007). She has attended residencies at the Vermont Studio Center (2007), Griffis-Orpheus Foundation (Bulgaria, 2008), Arteles (Finland, 2011), and SiM Reykjavik (Iceland, 2013). She is currently featured on the Hauser and Wirth spotlight emerging artists page, and has been published in Forbes, Whitehot Magazine, Studio Visit magazine, and ROV 4. She has work in public collections in Europe and the US. CV IG contact: arielldm@gmail.com inquries:  Europe: info@kersgallery.com New York: info@mcbridedillman.com Brooklyn: hi@azizamirzan.com <-- Mitchell’s work explores boundaries and control.  Beginning with a linen surface lying flat on a table, she dribbles white acrylic and clear medium,...