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Sarah m Baldwin (b. 1975, USA)
Sarah Baldwin is a multidisciplinary Artist working and living in Maine, USA. Her work combines experimental drawing technique with new media applications. She attended the University of Southern Maine where she earned her BFA with a concentration in drawing and printmaking. Curriculum Vitae
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Projects in new media and drawing
territory*decay | territory:wetlands 2011-2014
territory*decay is a project focused on exploring and documenting environments or territories. The explorations focus on the decomposition or decay of both the environments and my visual memory of the landscape. The result is a series of abstract drawings, digital images ,and motion graphics that communicate both the character of the landscape and a vision of the raw data recall of my iconic memory.
territory:wetlands is a series of drawings and video shorts exploring Maine and New England's estuaries. My intention is to connect studio practice to the tidal fluctuations that shape the landscape. The result is a collection of drawings that increasingly draw the viewer deeper into a submergent coastline. The process of making the work mimics the action and pace of the tide. The ink drawings that emerge communicate the physical characteristics of the landscape and a visceral experience of the wetland habitat.
technique + observation:
Informed by observation of the wetland environment, I mimic the actions of the tide. Repetitive washes of ink over vellum. Fabric soaked, dried, soaked and dried, like tidal refuse. Marks made in rows daily... cyclically. In accord with the estuary as it shifts each day, salted waves through the brackish murky depths of the red maple swamp.
purpose:
Landscape and figure play dual roles in my work, investigating interactions between us and our environment. I situate the viewer within the landscape, giving them a glimpse of the wetlands that is intimate, up-close, and experiential. I'm seeking to communicate the raw design and elemental character of the landscape. I consider the psychological impact of living in accord with nature. Observation and technique to mimic the actions and the pace of elemental nature.
territory:wetlands is a series of drawings and video shorts exploring Maine and New England's estuaries. My intention is to connect studio practice to the tidal fluctuations that shape the landscape. The result is a collection of drawings that increasingly draw the viewer deeper into a submergent coastline. The process of making the work mimics the action and pace of the tide. The ink drawings that emerge communicate the physical characteristics of the landscape and a visceral experience of the wetland habitat.
technique + observation:
Informed by observation of the wetland environment, I mimic the actions of the tide. Repetitive washes of ink over vellum. Fabric soaked, dried, soaked and dried, like tidal refuse. Marks made in rows daily... cyclically. In accord with the estuary as it shifts each day, salted waves through the brackish murky depths of the red maple swamp.
purpose:
Landscape and figure play dual roles in my work, investigating interactions between us and our environment. I situate the viewer within the landscape, giving them a glimpse of the wetlands that is intimate, up-close, and experiential. I'm seeking to communicate the raw design and elemental character of the landscape. I consider the psychological impact of living in accord with nature. Observation and technique to mimic the actions and the pace of elemental nature.
seedb•*mb 2013-2014
seedb*mb a series of drawings made by imprinting rows of repetitious marks in ink on a variety of media. By emulating rows of seeds sown each drawing is a visual marker of daily actions that cultivate growth.
seed.. sown into rows
unfurls to sky *explosion
new growth ..depletion
death ..back into seed
repeat with variation..
seed.. sown into rows
seed.. sown into rows
unfurls to sky *explosion
new growth ..depletion
death ..back into seed
repeat with variation..
seed.. sown into rows
