Samantha Cary
My recent work developed over the past three years, marks a significant development in my artistic practice. Moving between painting, mono prints, etchings and woodcuts and through a process of addressing, examining and transforming strong emotions, the works build to create a series of complex, layered and often darkly humorous images. The works set up imagined scenarios, explored through a meticulous and playful interaction with materials and wide-ranging references including music, television, films, fairytales and art history. They tackle subjects including jealousy, the career isolation of artists, dating and heartbreak and are both intensely personal and entirely made up. The work has been developed alongside a growing interest in Buddhist philosophy and I look forward to developing this as I start to make the next work.
Lived Experience
Over the past few years I have worked very hard in my studio building up a body of work that has transformed my practice. I have worked in relative isolation around responsibilities as single mother as my third and final (!) son finishes his schooling. This phase culminated in a solo exhibition at The Granary gallery in Berwick upon Tweed. I am looking forward to the next phase, making new work, meeting new people and building new relationships
