Mermaid (2014)

Samantha Wilson

111 x 203 cm | 43 x 79 in


Subject: People


Original mixed media drawing in ink and charcoal on paper.

"As an artist, I work from this counter-intuitive position: how do we understand what it is to be here dealing with our inner daemons surrounded by a bustling life on the outside?"


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The communication between viewer and artwork, or self and other, are vast in the case of Samantha Wilson’s work. Our attention is immediately caught in the forms that loom over us, engaging presences. Large scale figures and bodily forms rendered in charcoal and ink stare out in uncompromising and stark confrontation. Wilson chooses pastel shades and ominous pinks against the shadowy, smoky contrast of charcoal to draw beautiful yet provocative reflections of individual characters.

The often withdrawn expressions and vacant faces lend a mysterious and somewhat isolated mask to each figure, begging questions of identity and the societal complexity of otherness. Each figure is cloaked in darkened shapes contrasted against softened edges, which lure unsettling feelings. This, in turn, exposes the diverse interpretations and subjectivity obtainable through each piece.

Samantha was awarded a scholarship to fund her MA at the Royal College of Art: Link to RCA Student Research Platform featuring Samantha Wilson


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Mermaid (2014) by Samantha Wilson

£925.00