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  • Collection: Edith Fetherston Oeuvre

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/wasistLeben2.tiff
According to the artist Was ist Leben? depicts a scene of “…Victoria Falls, Africa, where there is always a rainbow in the falls. The orangutan just can't understand what life is about.” In the work an orangutan pokes his head out from behind…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/inthemoonlightdrunkwithdelight2.tiff
In the Moonlight Drunk with Delight a masked female figure gripping a tree stands at the center bottom of this small composition. Behind her, on the right side, is a strange geometric figure, whose outstretched arms face another small seated figure…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/EnflamedinCelestialFire.tiff
The composition of Enflamed with Celestial Fire revolves around a nude woman dancing on a beach beneath rays of light emanating from a cloud. Her reflection is visible in the water beneath her while another figure swims toward her, from the left…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/ethiopia1.tiff
In the lower left hand section of this work, a group of three giraffes surround an orchid plant. The orchid mimics the giraffes by having the same coloring, but with a blue center. The background is a gray-brown wash that has been allowed to bleed…

This painting shows large white orchids in the foreground against a vast horizon. A figure of a man in shadow and a long robe is underneath them, his head raised up and his hands clasped. Another figure of a female is shown from the back with her…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/BrideoftheUnicorn.tiff
Bride of the Unicorn shows a nude woman covered in flowers, standing beneath an arch and looking out of the canvas. She has short red hair and lips. The fowers are a mix of black and pink and white lilies, a yellow flower, and some type of blue…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/spring.tiff
This painting is an abstract pinkish landscape with four birds flying in the sky. There are also four deer in the grass, and some pink flowers, with branches of trees visible growing on the sides of the painting. The sky is a light reddish color…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/St.Gabriel'sPark.tiff
This painting is a horizontal scene, showing three schnauzers on a red background. On the left a head of a dog is shown in profile. In the center a dog stands in profile with its head turned towards the viewer. On the right, the third smallest…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/Exitthebear.tiff
This work was originally a portion of a larger painting. It shows two bears, one an adult and the other a cub on his hind legs. In the foreground on the left is a large round pink flower with green leaves. Hints of pink and yellow flowers are…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/parrotsinasnowstorm.tiff
The dimensions of the work are including the frame.

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/TheHanVase.tiff
The Han Vase is one of the largest paintings Fetherston created. At the center is an oval-shaped, thick-necked, black vase overflowing with a diverse assortment of flowers. At the mouth of the vase are two pink and purple orchids, which give way to…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/RedRose.tiff
The Red Rose shows a single red rose placed in a painted vase. The background is made up of abstract black and white paint. The vase is black and decorated with purple and green decoration and groupings of small white flowers. Fetherston’s style…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/orchidoranmountain.tiff
This abstract painting includes a grouping of yellow flowers with red centers at the bottom. The rest of the painting is primarily yellow, with scattered green, red and pink patches that might represent flowers and leaves.

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/VignetteofLove.tiff
In Vignette of Love a flat mauve background is covered by three distinct images. On the left is a rooster facing outward. At the center is a turquoise vase with red rectangular decorations. Carefully drawn black and mauve orchids with yellow…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/ArcticCranberriesinaLangVase.tiff
Vaccinium vitisidaea minus Loddiges, or Arctic Cranberries in a Lang Vase depicts a vase holding three stems of arctic cranberries. The vase itself is bluish gray with turquoise glaze dripped down its the neck. It floats against the background…

In Red Pinesap, or Terracetta Steros, the grey background is made up of a series of overlapping vertical rectangular brushstrokes. The subject of the painting is a green vase with a rectangular top resting on an open semicircle. It is decorated with…

Debutantes depicts a vast desert landscape with some large flowers in the foreground. The ground is a wash of browns and grays that meets the sky at a hard, straight horizon line. The sky is a wash of yellows, oranges, and blues. One pink orchid…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/FlowersinaBlueVase.tiff
In Flowers in a Blue Vase the background is a light gray-green wash, which the artist has allowed to run in various directions. In the lower left section of the painting is a depiction of a ram, and in the lower right section is a depiction of a…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/wavesandcorpuscles.tiff
Waves and Corpuscles depicts a scene of a young girl gracefully flinging herself off of a diving board. The artist explains that, "She is going through the air [and] creates Waves & Corpuscles, which are more alin [sic--alien?] than anything in the…
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