05/15/2020
Jamie Gardner is also part of UD’s MFA painting program. Gardner receivedher BFA in studio art from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, 2013. Congratulations Jamie for earning your MFA from UD this year!
Www.jamiegardnerstudio.com
“Answer: Me: This:”
MFA Thesis Exhibition, 2020
Statement:
I made this body of work with the goal to engage the viewer through beautiful but challenging imagery that embodies the theme of human transformation. I choose to paint the horse for its aesthetic qualities, its connection to human history, and its behavior and biology. Along with other animals and flora, the horse and the human become recognizable, recurring symbols in my paintings, guiding the viewer through my body of work. Through shifts in scale, color, and composition, figures and objects dominate in one piece, then recede in the next, reflecting the highs and lows and cyclical nature of spiritual, emotional, and psychological transformation. My hope is that the viewer is able to move through my work and experience it as a metaphor for their own personal growth.