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“HAVOC”
Mixed media painting by Samara Ash
“The goal of my work is to invite the viewer to question and explore their own understanding of power & frailty... to look within themselves and to value tangible & intangible aspects of their lives.”
In 2022, I began a research project exploring artificial intelligence and spirituality by using a combination of AI intelligence and traditional art-making techniques.
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This investigation aims to explore the potential for transcendence within ourselves & the world around us venturing into territories delineating the future of human evolution.
![”Transcendence I”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9a859890f90489a1be6858/1676167824433-6H0QR7H8PFINUS81VVTJ/transcendence-I-painting-by-artist-samara-ash-WEBSITE.jpg)
![[DETAIL VIEW ] ”Transcendence I” by Samara Ash](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9a859890f90489a1be6858/1676171246718-R15Y1PU2DZYJ3FNZW738/details-transcendence-I-painting-by-artist-samara-ash-website_III.jpg)
![[DETAIL VIEW] ”Transcendence I”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9a859890f90489a1be6858/1676169734231-EVEQPEHHK9XYUZ67FF0E/details-transcendence-I-painting-by-artist-samara-ash-website.jpg)
![[DETAIL VIEW] ”Transcendence I”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9a859890f90489a1be6858/1676170776293-GQUM5Z300NCV73CLJUAW/details-transcendence-I-painting-by-artist-samara-ash-website_II.jpg)
![EARLY STAGE of the painting](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9a859890f90489a1be6858/1676169310942-ZGQOUTVKKIBR3YT8RU3Z/early-stage-transcendence-I-painting-by-artist-samara-ash-website.jpg)
In her body of work “Transcendence,” Ash used AI intelligence to generate digital image-tiles via a prompt describing spirituality. The printed version of these tiles are transferred to canvas, marks are added, and paper, fabric, & roots are applied making this physical-act an allegory to human existence.
See the process behind the making of Transcendence I.
“TRANSCENDENCE II”
!["Transcendence II"](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9a859890f90489a1be6858/1677878899303-ZCDULUREOZRQ7WZWNWUJ/transcendence-II-by-artist-samara-ash-website.jpg)
!["Transcendence II"](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9a859890f90489a1be6858/1677878920762-2NWIJLZ7ZUAS7F0N2BJW/transcendence-II-on-wall-by-artist-samara-ash-website.jpg)
“TRANSCENDENCE III”
“TRANSCENDENCE IV”
!["Transcendence IV"](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9a859890f90489a1be6858/1677881672763-JKWNF3JTABAB1UG77KGO/transcendence-IV-by-samara-ash-website.jpg)
!["Transcendence IV"](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9a859890f90489a1be6858/1677881684901-V0XIUP5S74AET6R9ZGER/transcendence-IV-on-wall-by-samara-ash-website.jpg)
Work created by using a combination of AI intelligence and traditional art-making techniques to express the idea of transcending into greater forms of ourselves.
“STATE OF AFFAIRS”
PAST SERIES
“IDOLATRY”
10-year series where the artist explored idolatry (an extreme adoration for something or someone) as a subject matter.
This body of work touched on the history of veneration of objects, ideas, & theories found in Catholicism from the end of the middle ages till the current era.
![“ZUU”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9a859890f90489a1be6858/1676602084501-J2A9WARWT4ZP6SXANKIV/zuu-painitng-by-artist-samara-ash-website.jpg)
![[BACK VIEW] “ZUU” Mixed Media Painting](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9a859890f90489a1be6858/1676602118704-8ZALXQ4961NIGO0QB9QI/zuu-back_by_lorna_samara_ash.jpg)
to the false idols…
Gods that have nothing
Wandering, hovering
Capturing prayers never meant for deaf ears
Speaking they can’t
Mouths they wear… as accessories of deceit
Nothing more than laws with failures from sin
Apparitions.
Manifestations of our own creation;
realities built on calamities… all awaiting their turn
Spirit of the All-Mighty-No-Ones
True heirs to fortunes from worthless treasures
Wandering, Hovering, capturing lies…
myriad of imperfections.
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In this oeuvre, the artist identified visual characteristics of deities, figurine construction, usage of symbolism & highlighted some of the protests that surged from the unscrupulous measures taken by this organization to establish supreme dominion.
These notions are still relevant in the present day as we face constant ideological bombardment from various organizations that seek to keep the masses distracted whilst conducting their personal agendas. Many of us are still victims to “false idols” created in order to ensure that we place faith and credibility solely on wealth, consumerism, & status.
ARTISTS OPEN: AN OPEN STUDIO VISIT:
Meet Samara Ash, a Miami - based painter, located at the FountainHead Studios. Here she showcases a few of her many regal works, representing big themes, such as the mental toll of societal issues.
For more information on Fountain Head Studios: https://www.fountainheadarts.org/
Drypoint TV: https://www.instagram.com/drypointtv/?hl=en
“THE JOURNEY”
writing on painting…
Vulnerable… apartada de toda noción familiar. Recibí la noticia y solo quería dormir por unos 100 años. La tristeza penetraba mis sentidos y mis fuerzas se reducían. Sentía como si la sangre de mi cuerpo se drenaba de mis venas y al entrar, el oxigeno… frío… punzante; mis entrañas padecían de miles de pequeñas pinchadas.
¡Son como agujas llenas de veneno! Sí, por cierto, lo estoy sintiendo. Es como si mi cuerpo lo rechazara mas sé que es muy tarde y estoy haciendo porras para que me consuma y yo perezca aun más rápido.
‘¡Llévame, llévame! ¡Ya no veo un paso al frente mío!'
Llévame y ayúdame a entrar en el olvido. Escapémonos a un mundo extraterrestre; tú y yo de la mano, desoladas pero juntas, envueltas en el dolor… pensando, recordando mejores tiempos en los cuales éramos desconocidas.
Una ‘nadie' llena de nada pero caminando con la certeza de que nadie me ve; de que nadie me escucha. De que mis gritos son silenciosos y mi libertad intacta… cubierta por el anonimato.
Tristeza, siempre te pienso como algo extranjero, como un sentimiento completamente prohibido de sentir. Un sentimiento que asusta; un sentir de perdedores.
De pronto soy yo la que pierde al no haber reconocido que la tristeza ha marcado… trazado mi camino y yo me he dispuesto a tomar cada uno de esos pasos. Es loco pensar que hoy quiero compartir mi “no existencia.”
Quiero que juntas nos ahoguemos mientras zumbamos una canción que habla de esperanza.
¡Agárrame muy fuerte de la mano! ¡No me dejes morir sola!
Mientras contemplo mi traspaso me doy cuenta:
‘¿Y después de esto, mi mente seguirá?
¿Y entonces, ahí qué? ¿Me toca continuar dándole vueltas a este concepto? ¿Tendré que pensar, analizar, llorar y lamentarme una y otra vez más?'
Solo de imaginarme esto, me canso…
now a continuous tiredness makes me wanna stop.
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In this series, the artist visually researches the search for a higher power - and portrays the effects of this quest in people’s mental, spiritual, sentimental, and social development.
“TITLED NUDE” (Homage to William Merritt Chase)
MIXED MEDIA PAINTING WITH WRITING
2019
[ C-ID# ASH19-209 ] SOLD
[DETAIL]“TITLED NUDE” (Homage to William Merritt Chase)
MIXED MEDIA PAINTING WITH WRITING
2019
[ C-ID# ASH19-209 ] SOLD
“GIFT OF DREAMS” from the Journey Series
acrylic on CANVAS
2018
[ C-ID# Ash18-206 ] SOLD
[DETAIL] “GIFT OF DREAMS” from the Journey Series
acrylic on CANVAS
2018
[ C-ID# Ash18-206 ] SOLD
[IN PROGRESS] “GIFT OF DREAMS” from the Journey Series
acrylic on CANVAS
2018
[ C-ID# Ash18-206 ] SOLD
“Havoc” (self-portrait in Chaos No.23) from the Journey Series
acrylic on paper
[ C-ID# Ash16/17-205 ] SOLD
✭ New Editions AVAILABLE on Large Canvases ✭
[DETAIL] “HAVOC” (SELF-PORTRAIT IN CHAOS NO.23) FROM THE JOURNEY SERIES
ACRYLIC ON PAPER
2016 - 2017
[ C-ID# ASH16/17-205 ] SOLD
[DETAIL] “HAVOC” (SELF-PORTRAIT IN CHAOS NO.23) FROM THE JOURNEY SERIES
ACRYLIC ON PAPER
2016 - 2017
[ C-ID# ASH16/17-205 ] SOLD
“PORTRAIT STUDY OF A WOMAN”
OIL ON PAPER
[ C-ID# ASH ] AVAILABLE
PORTRAITS
BEFORE THE INVENTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY PEOPLE’S APPEARANCE WERE RECORDED THROUGH SCULPTURE, PAINTINGS, & DRAWINGS.
A PORTRAIT CAN CAPTURE THE BEAUTY, VIRTUE, PERSONALITY AND OTHER QUALITIES OF THE SUBJECT.
“JC”
OIL ON PAPER
[ C-ID# ASH06 ]
“SELF-PORTRAIT IN 30 YEARS”
OIL ON CANVAS
[ C-ID# ASH06 ] SOLD
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