Samantha Keely smith
Samantha Keely Smiths work is very atmospheric. It is about the border between dreams and reality. Her images are all imagined, not copied or from life. They are unknown landscapes which remind one of the sea or obscure structures hidden under the earth.
They have depth because she uses a lot of layers, but not just building them up, taking parts of them away. This creates even more depth because you can see through all the top layers right to the bottom one.
With one of my circles, I want to achieve this. I have done it before with my video painting, where the layers I put on are made up of thin tangled lines, which build up a network of shapes and colours that you can still see through.
I think Smith’s work has a much more flowing quality to it, I feel my circle will be more linear. But still, I need to create a dense tangled image because I want the viewer to feel lost.
