Corrine Slade centers on identity, transformation, and solace, depicting Black women within lush, imagined environments. Blending abstraction and figuration, her work explores growth, healing, memory, and spiritual connection, often incorporating symbolic elements like flowers, fruits, and the moon to create compositions that merge introspection, imagination, and ecofeminist narratives. Her practice has evolved through multiple exhibitions and residencies, reflecting both personal and collective histories. Slade transforms conventional portraiture into immersive, dreamlike spaces, where figures exist in vibrant, layered landscapes that evoke both refuge and transcendence. Drawing from pop culture, mythology, and her own cultural heritage, her work constructs new ecofeminist mythologies that challenge traditional narratives. Slade’s paintings are meditative and contemplative, inviting viewers to reflect on cycles of life, memory, and transformation, while celebrating overlooked voices and stories. Her oeuvre foregrounds the intersections of body, environment, and spirit, maintaining a poetic dialogue between material, symbolism, and personal history. Through her luminous, layered compositions, Slade creates experiences that are both intimate and universal, emphasizing resilience, reflection, and the power of imaginative worlds. ...
