{"id":684,"date":"2012-03-05T19:02:18","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T02:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coldcoffeemedia.com\/EOUART\/?p=684"},"modified":"2019-10-08T23:36:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T06:36:31","slug":"mariah-boyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/art\/profile\/mariah-boyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariah Boyle"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a woman, I am intrigued with the accentuation of traditional, female gender roles. I ponder where my activities, rituals and reactions fit within society\u2019s construct. Notions of romanticism and a sense of uncontrollable urgency often permeate my work. This brings to light how there is always something that keeps our lives from being perfect; the objectified ideal. Because of this, I am very interested in the conflict between vulnerability and moments of strength and courage.<\/p>\n

I find that much of my identity is linked to the loss of important people in my life, especially women I had been very close to. A rampant theme throughout my work suggests a loss of immediate control in a particular situation, a time and place that has been fractured.<\/p>\n

Allowing myself to explore these feelings of grief and healing, life and death, permanence versus the temporary; has permitted me to create a world of staged, dreamlike illusions where my characters exist and interact. It is important to me that my work creates a story that visually resembles what could be experienced in a dream or within past memories, intertwined with fable and traditional storytelling. Most of my current works are self portraits.<\/p>\n

I use a variety of symbolism based on traditional art history works, stories and personal experiences. For example, goats are a well-known symbol for lust. In Roman mythology they are also a symbol of motherhood. Goats eat dandelions, which are a Christian symbol for grief. In the middle of it is a human character experiencing and reacting to these emotions and ideas. It is in these images\u2019 symbolic connections that suggests a fascinating play between the characters within the drawings.<\/p>\n

To me, drawing is exciting because of its direct, uncensored process. All of the marks my hand makes are honest, real and devoid of a barrier between the artist and the drawing surface. Drawings can stand alone or be built upon by using a large array of additional materials. Building upon the original drawing is often a complex task because the process lends itself to more experimentation than the original drawing may have presented. Creating works in alternative mediums allows me to engage in a ritual of process and linear decision-making that effects how the work will turn out in the end.<\/p>\n

Due to my intuitive desire to ignore uncomfortable and difficult experiences, the process of working with volatility and into an eventual controlled environment gives me a sense of humility while understanding the troubles from which I\u2019ve come and where my art emerges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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