Voyage to Antarctica Series

“Voyage to Antarctica” Series Artist Statement
‘Argo’, ‘ZeroDarkThirty’, ‘Lincoln’ : all were condemned for inserting fiction into the real. We feel cheated.
say: a documentary is something else, it intends a different experience. Precision, facts, impartiality. But a work intended as art is another thing entirely: a projection of the artist’s psyche, emotion presented, sometimes raw, sometimes guarded, a panorama of impressions carefully placed to evoke response.
Up to the creator to decide how close you, the viewer will be to the object depicted: Mona Lisa surely was meant to be seen as a close likeness- except the painter inserted that faint smile, that sliver of distance, a particular emotion so palpably present that it is still discussed after five centuries. De Chirico, chilling and so vibrant, plays with us: a peaceful cityscape? at first sight maybe- but now: dread! Other artists isolate themselves, barricaded behind abstraction, indirection. What was ‘American Pie’ really about? And why did we immediately feel its depth?
For this series, I present illusion. The illusion of filtered light, of narrow tonal differences made important in the sere landscape of Antarctica, where no more than four animal species make their home. I hope you perceive the illusion of vastness, of Ice both solid and about to melt, of white-outs , howling winds, and immense loneliness. But also of swirling waters still pristine, where penguins sport, of morning sun, in the good months, grazing the ice; of the many, many shades of glacier blue. There may not be, in the pieces presented, anything like that blue, but if my task is well done, you will feel the blue, the water, the wind, the ice, the sun, the permanent emptiness of a land where humans do not dwell except as impermanent visitors or semi-permanent researchers.
After Paul Alfille, my son, spent an austral summer in Antarctica, capturing Weddell seals for medical research, his pictures revealed to me a universe of beauty and tragedy. The thought has been with me more than 20 years, and has inspired this special series: Voyage to Antarctica.
-Eve J. Alfille
Showing 1–16 of 33 results
-
“Alone with the elements” aquamarine necklace
Call for Price Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“Alone, not lonely” black opal pendant
Call for Price Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“Antarctic Blues” removable drops
Call for Price Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“Blood in the snow” ruby earrings
Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“Earthbound” earrings
$440.00 Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“Endless water, many moods” aquamarine necklace
Call for Information Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“Far from the coast” aquamarine necklace
Call for Price Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“Glauque/Viride” larimar and aquamarine earrings
Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“Glistening Ice” earrings
Call for Price Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“Heavy Snow” quartz earwires
Call for Price Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“Hopping from floe to floe” aquamarine bracelet
Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“Hopping from floe to floe” necklace
$140.00 Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“Ice Sky” 18 karat white gold and quartz earrings
Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“In honor of the pioneers” South Seas pearl bracelet
Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“In the heart of the glaciers” natural blue chalcedony necklace
Call for Information Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information -
“Long Journey” earrings
Call for Price Call 847-869-7920 to order or for more information