Description
‘Daisy Chains’ by Haley Manchon
Artist: Haley Manchon
Title: ‘Daisy Chains’
Medium: Coloured pencil on dura-lar, coloured pencil, and pastel on paper
Dimensions: 12″ x 9″
Framing: Framed in a white frame (frame size 15″ x 12″)
Year of Creation: 2024
About the Artwork:
“Daisy Chains was drawn to jumpstart a body of work that reflects on my personal experience with shyness, and the inner conflicts I face in social interactions and relationships.
This particular drawing brings forth the contradiction of wanting to be seen and be hidden simultaneously. The pairing of woven flowers and chain-link fence act as a guard, but I wanted the elements to feel bold and bright. In contrast, the model hides and feels distant, a slight smile but otherwise unapproachable. These mixed signals illustrate the disconnect between hidden feelings and an outer mask.
Dura-lar, as a semi-transparent substrate, allows for the figure to recede by being drawn on a lower layer. The flowers overtop curl and extend toward him to offer a semblance of cover, but not enough to keep him from looking out beyond the fencing between us.” – Haley Manchon
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Haley Manchon grew up outside of Philadelphia and received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2018. She is represented by MK Apothecary in Collingswood, NJ, and has her work displayed on the 2nd floor of The People’s Store in Lambertville, NJ. She also is a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America.
She has recently exhibited at Aqua Art Miami for Art Basel, Art Fair 14C in Jersey City, Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia, PA; Surreal Salon 16 in Baton Rouge, LA; the 2022 Derwent Art Prize located at Gallery@OXO in London, England; the 12th Annual International Drawing Discourse at UNC Asheville, NC; Salmagundi Club in New York, NY; and with the Colored Pencil Society of America’s Explore This! Exhibitions. She has been a resident artist at Overland Artworks SHELTER, Gilbertsville Expressive Movement and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art’s Currents summer program.