Artists
NHTI Visual Arts Capstone Showroom: Fall 2021
Represented
Exhibited
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Bethany Downs
Zachary Erickson
Aedan Graves
Moriah Sanborn
Bethany Downs
Artist Statement
I Am Intermission
Everyone experiences emotions. For me, color is emotion, emotion is color.
I am intermission is a twelve-panel narrative that encapsulates wildly different perspectives of
the world and presents them through a combination of ink, watercolor, and written word. In each
panel color not only contributes to making the image visible, but it transmits the emotion at the heart of the image.
I am Intermission is meant to open conversation about what you are seeing and the emotions
that visual experience generates. If I were to take away the written directive, how do you feel about what you see?
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Zachary Erickson
Artist Statement
In Loving Memory
Ever since the loss of my father, the ones who were there for me were my family. We helped each other and that’s when I realized that they are the most important people in my life. In this series of paintings, I am preserving the memory of my father and showcasing the bond that I have with my family.
My work consists of small intimate still-life paintings that contain objects relating to my family. In the largest still life, I have included a landscape that reflects my father’s enjoyment of the outdoors. Uniting the works is the appearance of my father’s funerary urn in each of the compositions.
I continue to be inspired by Duane Keiser’s small paintings of everyday objects and the artist Jim Mullen who combines still life compositions with backgrounds of landscapes that are both observed and imagined.
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Aedan Graves
Artist Statement
Reclamation
Reclamation is a series of three animated portraits, digitally altered with the addition of different types of floral and fungal growth.
Inspired by the surrealist works of Rene Magritte, I try to achieve a similar dreamlike eeriness in my work, but with the mediums of photography and animation. Through the deconstruction of the face and natural growth overtaking it, I explore the inherent connection we have with our natural environment.
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Moriah Sanborn
Artist Statement
Growth
Emotional impact and meaning are very important in my work. In this series titled “Growth,” my work explores and illustrates aspects of time: how time changes the physical appearance of things, and how it affects our perceptions and experiences.
Ink has been a constant teacher of mine. It is a medium that allows me to focus on the creative process, the flow of ideas, and intuitive, artistic response. The power and boldness of ink balanced by its soft, fluid appearance allows me to convey the flexibility and confidence required for growth.
This series is strongly influenced by nature and the inherent emotion present in organic beings. The images are bold, yet soft, structured, but organic. This juxtaposition serves to demonstrate what is necessary for growth, and inherently, for life. My intention in the creation of this series is to demonstrate growth not only in its physical sense, but the emotional experience of growth as well.
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