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About the artwork
In this painting titled "Migration #50", American artist Meredith Pardue uses her abstract language to express her feelings and thoughts on delicate subjects such as migration. This painting can be divided in two parts: the lower right part where dark signs and forms of brown, black, and grey are gathered numerously, and the upper left part of brighter and lighter colors, with a distinct vivid yellow form. One can feel a sense of movement that the artist calls migration, where the darkened and somber elements, attracted by the joyful colors of the upper canvas, start their journey to meet the light. This movement is natural, ultimately universal, and can be found in human nature in their movement from one place to another, like immigrants seeking for a better and brighter future.
About the artist
Meredith Pardue was born in Monroe, Louisiana in 1975. An abstract artist, Pardue earned her MFA. from Parsons School of Design in New York and a BFA. from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She currently lives and work in Austin, TX. Her work has been exhibited and collected worldwide, published in Architectural Digest, Dwell, New American Paintings and Austin Monthly Home. Her work is included in the corporate collections of J. Crew Corporate Headquarters, Genstar Capital, The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Oceania Cruise Lines, Scott and White Children's Hospital and the Savannah College of Art and Design. She combines the random action of painting with controlled, deliberate mark-making to describe each form in her work, which often appears plant-like in structure. The canvases are composed of organic forms that are similar to and possibly even derivative of those found in nature. But ultimately, the paintings are a visual record of an unplanned dialogue between herself and a blank canvas. Together, the marks and forms create a visual language that reads as something unique to each viewer.