Katelin Mills: capstone

Abstract

The artist's statement: My work follows a pursuit to discover "that moment when something sacred reveals itself within the mundane, and you know the land knows you are there.'' (N. Scott Momaday) My renderings are influenced by literature that commemorates the intimate understanding of place forged out of time spent reflecting there. I encounter the place genuinely, and reject the mediated experience of photography, by alternatively assembling a comprehensive reserve of experiences and remembrances made on site. I catalogue artifacts and memories creating this subjective depiction of the landscape. I use on site depictions as well as regenerations of remnants taken from the place to supplement and inform the pieces made from memory.