Unbaked Pie
Oil on canvas
Sjeli Pearse
2023
In this oil painting, an uncooked lattice topped apple pie is held just before transformation. Traditionally tied to femininity and domestic virtue, the apple pie is often valued only once it is finished and being consumed. By presenting it raw, yet fully assembled this work highlights, unseen labor, and lingers in a moment before its function is demanded. Suspended in this unbaked state forever, this work resists the idea that worth is earned only through being finished.
Unbaked Pie
Oil on canvas
Sjeli Pearse
2023
In this oil painting, an uncooked lattice topped apple pie is held just before transformation. Traditionally tied to femininity and domestic virtue, the apple pie is often valued only once it is finished and being consumed. By presenting it raw, yet fully assembled this work highlights, unseen labor, and lingers in a moment before its function is demanded. Suspended in this unbaked state forever, this work resists the idea that worth is earned only through being finished.
