Ashley Rowland

The Personas collection was specifically crafted to reflect a person, real or imaginary. These characters were born out of the materiality of the latex house paint sourced from specific geographical locations. Each work is a narrative of the persona that would have lived within the walls of the paint.

The Sculptural Paintings are a collection completed over a few years. Each year yields a variety of results based on the exploration of the materiality of discarded latex house paint. This paint is the main source of inspiration for all the work I complete. It represents a specific capsule to time, personality, attitude, and wealth within a home. By using what is discarded, I am paying homage to those themes and am given the freedom to recontextualize the material into sculpture.

Skeleton and skins. Stacking and piling. I strip down and build back up each painting’s unique and distinctive story, constructing their narrative within the walls of the paint. The bricks are representative of our own personal foundation, both in our domestic lives and in our projected personalities. Each title is a 6-word story specifically extracted from a lived experience.