SAMANTHA WILKINSON

SAMANTHA WILKINSON

With my work I try to emulate various feelings. My work is both very fun and light hearted yet it is grim at the same time. I’ve grown up around the macabre and the very popular “creepy cute” aesthetic, those are very clear aspects in my work. I want an underlying feeling that something might be wrong or off but you won’t really ever know for sure. Especially with my sculptures I tried to capture a longing feeling. I often feel like I am yearning for something but I have everything I need. I hope the reaching grasps of these hollow hands feel like their longing for something more.

I can only hope for my work to have someone feel something and I prefer open interpretations over precise meanings. Everything changes.

The Dolls, found fabric, thread, polyfil, glass beads, 5.5”x 4”x 1”

Scenic Route, oil on canvas, 48”x 48”