Samantha Cary

Lives and works in Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK

Artist statement

Moving between painting, mono prints, etchings and woodcuts and through a process of addressing, examining and transforming strong emotions, the works build to create a series of complex, layered and often darkly humorous images. The works set up imagined scenarios, explored through a meticulous and playful interaction with materials and wide-ranging references including music, television, films, fairytales and art history. They tackle subjects including jealousy, the career isolation of artists, dating and heartbreak and are both intensely personal and entirely made up.

Artwork