About
Artist
Sam Baxter produces painstakingly organised, chaotic, playful and ephemeral sculpture, using hand collected and carefully organised plant material. Past work has included flowers, grass, mud and leaves. She studied Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee, and graduated with a BA (Hons) in 2013. Since graduating she has exhibited raw plant sculpture in solo and group shows.
Art
The art work is an extension of childhood memories in the Scottish landscape, from the lingering smell of fresh cut grass on quilt covers, to the sticky, strong smell of tree sap on your hands after climbing an evergreen. The art is also inspired by human interaction and involvement with nature, as well as the wonder, curiosity and association shared through experience.
The work also contains an aspect of repetitiveness, from the plant collection on location, the dismantling of plants, to the painstaking repetition when producing a piece.
Aim
The intricate detail and beauty of even the most basic plants can often be overlooked, and the work strives to examine and learn from plants in order to produce new forms, drawing attention to them to highlight their best qualities.
Sam currently works in Dundee, Scotland, and can be located in parks, forests, and fields.
Sam Baxter produces painstakingly organised, chaotic, playful and ephemeral sculpture, using hand collected and carefully organised plant material. Past work has included flowers, grass, mud and leaves. She studied Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee, and graduated with a BA (Hons) in 2013. Since graduating she has exhibited raw plant sculpture in solo and group shows.
Art
The art work is an extension of childhood memories in the Scottish landscape, from the lingering smell of fresh cut grass on quilt covers, to the sticky, strong smell of tree sap on your hands after climbing an evergreen. The art is also inspired by human interaction and involvement with nature, as well as the wonder, curiosity and association shared through experience.
The work also contains an aspect of repetitiveness, from the plant collection on location, the dismantling of plants, to the painstaking repetition when producing a piece.
Aim
The intricate detail and beauty of even the most basic plants can often be overlooked, and the work strives to examine and learn from plants in order to produce new forms, drawing attention to them to highlight their best qualities.
Sam currently works in Dundee, Scotland, and can be located in parks, forests, and fields.
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