Eleanor Arbor (b. 1993) is a Los Angeles based artist and mother working in plaster bas relief. In her process she builds up a heavy layer of pigmented plaster to scratch scenes within; not unlike scoring wet earth with one's fingertips and a twig. Arbor works quickly in the setting plaster, using immediacy to leave a visceral, aggressive and richly textured record of the artist's hand, evoking the messiness of our human condition. The work’s subjects are drawn from the natural world, specifically Arbor’s Southern California surroundings. The cycle of life is a constant theme in her work. Depicting plants, animals, mother and child, the artist is exploring what it means to exist in the natural world, to birth life, to witness death, to grow.

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