Date of Award
5-2024
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.F.A.
Degree Program
Fine Arts
Department
Fine Arts
Major Professor
Anthony Campbell
Second Advisor
Ariya Martin
Third Advisor
Jeffrey Rinehart
Abstract
My paintings, etchings, and installation explore encounters with mystery in the natural world, especially through the flora, fauna, light, and water of the swamps around the Atchafalaya Basin. My practice explores kinship, reverence, and awe as an antidote to estrangement from the spirit of the land. I am influenced by artists and scholars engaging with the places that they inhabit and that inhabit them with a reverence and mystery of approach. My work invites viewers to engage with the memory that the water carries of our interconnectedness, and to remember that we are not separate from the natural world.
Recommended Citation
Kelly, Madeleine Grace, "Temple of Familiars" (2024). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 3152.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/3152
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