Date of Graduation
5-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Art (MFA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
Art
Advisor/Mentor
Marc Mitchell
Committee Member
Sam King
Second Committee Member
Maryamsadat Amirvaghefi
Third Committee Member
Jody Thompson
Keywords
Landscape;Painting
Abstract
From an Unlikely Place, a collection of eight ambitious paintings created while in residence at the University of Arkansas, examines the intersections of landscape painting, gendered gaze, feminine experience and the language of abstraction. One of the challenges I faced while working on this project was finding points of connection between verbal and visual language. As an artist, I consider where vulnerability, sensitivity and generosity intersect my work and am curious about the strange potential an individual's visual language; in my case, a concoction of abstract and figurative forms has to communicate the quality of experience. When placed together on a painting’s surface, signifiers of feminine experience, my feminine experience, trigger a sensation of the sublime. With generous intent I offer the experience of From an Unlikely Place to the viewer. My hope is that they, too, might find the freedom to get lost in quiet contemplation and pay it forward.
Citation
Borcher, B. (2023). From an Unlikely Place. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/4944