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  • Collection: Edith Fetherston Oeuvre

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/fantasy3.tiff
This smaller painting, entitled Fantasy, shows various objects and figures including a black teapot, some small purple and orange flowers coming out of it, and a rose bush. Small figures dance in the lower corners of the painting. They are…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/fantasy1.tiff
In the middle of the painting is a three legged bowl decorated with different patterns including spots, stripes, and animal heads. Inside the bowl is a plant with two large purple flowers and a branch with smaller yellow flowers. A cheetah looks…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/fantasy2.tiff
This painting shows a river scene with a green sampan and rower. There are five blue arched shaped abstract bridges, and white swans scattered around. There are also green, pink, and brown willow branches coming into the picture from the top. On…

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/FlowersinaVase.tiff
In the center of the canvas is a well-defined large dark gray-brown vase that has a band of ridged molding, and a molded vegetal design on the belly and long neck. The vase holds large pink and yellow roses, a large white flower, red poppies with…

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/India.tiff
In this large work Fetherston again uses the technique of allowing the paint to run down the canvas to create ambiguity. But this time the artist has allowed the paint to drip and then flipped the painting upside down, so that the it appears to be…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/L'aurore.tiff
In L'Aurore clouds drip down from the sky above an abstract landscape. After it was applied and while it was still wet, the paint was allowed to run, creating the impression of mountains or hills. At the bottom left hand corner of the foreground…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/LaNuitdeMai.tiff
In this virtually monochromatic painting the artist first applied a light gray background that is occasionally broken with light green and purple brushstrokes. In places she allowed it to drip in wide patches that bore a resemblance to clouds when…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/LetBrotherlyLovePrevailII.tiff

The subject of Let Brotherly Love Prevail is a grouping of women, flowers, and birds placed against an abstract background. The background is divided between an orange and blue sky and a darker blue and green ground. In the upper left hand corner…

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/LetsBeRedwithMirth.tiff
There are two groupings of white orchids and one grouping of translucent pink orchids with red, yellow, and pink accents. The lower third of the background is painted a chestnut brown while the upper section is colored turquoise with streaks of…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/LewisburgScandals1945.tiff
The composition shows a scene of three figures within a wide archway that looks out toward a classically-designed garden. Standing on top of the archway is a nude figure, and above her is a branch with round leaves. She bends down towards the left…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/ManvsDog.tiff
The central figure in this work is a soldier with elongated proportions standing in a contrapposto pose. He is dressed in blue and is wearing a metallic breastplate and a blue guard's hat with a maroon plume. he is resting on either side on two…

http://www.projects.bucknell.edu/packwood/Medley.tiff
A colorful variety of orchids, tulips and perhaps poppies fill the surface of this lively paining. They are distributed in a purposely disorganized way across. a background painted with bold horizontal brushstrokes in orange, blue and white.
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