Misapprehended - Fall 2023 - Visual Arts

Juror: Enrique Fernández Cervantes
SAM IVIE
SHE: MUSE, Looking Back, 2023
Watercolor, 24” x 32” x 1.5”
Sometimes even artists are unclear about their own work, but
they trust in the process required to make their art. Through this
process, more of the work becomes evident and perhaps when
the work is completed, even more is revealed, but total meaning
can often remain a mystery.
These works are a response to nostalgia and the rediscovery of a
figure during the height of COVID. She is an avatar who gave me
hope at a time when many things seemed hopeless. This is the
way things go when dealing with an uncertain future - we return
to better times, which could mean the past. In these images, I
have plotted my own course, beginning a new journey of selfdiscovery
through their symbols and personal narratives with her
as the guide.
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