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time molds me like clay Painting

Eunika Rogers

United States

Painting, Clay on Canvas

Size: 24 W x 24 H x 1.3 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Series of self-portraits pained with clay. Theme is our origin - where do we come from and where we are going. Inspired by change itself. I hope the viewer can relate and be moved by it to some point. Feel confident, strong and inspired. Painting: Charcoal, Clay, pigment, mud on Canvas. Story: this was part of the series called origin, exploring where do I come from and where I am going. Using clay as medium has its own symbolism, biblical to physical. Doing these series I was going through emotional transitions, dealing with pain, changes and all that involves being a woman. I hope that viewers will feel connected to it; being able to relate to similar events and at the same time be inspired by overcoming it. I did use painting as a way to deal and reflect what I was feeling. I paint with clay. It is not just the painting but there is a whole process involved. Finding and collecting clay from nature, processing it and documenting the whole experience, thoughts, and events. I chose to paint with clay because it is different, new way to paint (as last research I did I am the only one that paints like this) but yet it is as old as art itself - cave painting. As for style - I challenge myself to create a very realistic image using very primitive and unconventional methods. I often get asked about the archival quality of my work. Clay does not fade or chip, in fact once having made a mistake I had to use an electric sander. Also ... my favorite answer is - have you ever heard of Cave paintings?

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Clay on Canvas

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24 W x 24 H x 1.3 D in

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Eunika was born and raised in a small village near Trnava, Slovakia, former Czechoslovakia. At the age of 12, she and her family went on a vacation to former Yugoslavia and never returned home - they fled what was then a communist block country. They spent the next 4 months in refugee camps and eventually immigrated to Canada. Seven years later, after graduating from high school with honors, she packed her bags again and headed south to the Mississippi Delta following a tennis and cross country running scholarship at Delta State University. Her studies included double major in graphic arts and ceramics. During her senior year, under the guidance of her ceramic professor / mentor (and now a very close friend) Marcella Small, she discovered her passion for clay - not only as an art form but also as a spiritual experience. On weekends they would go on clay digs in the Mississippi hills and work on their individual works of art. After receiving her BFA, Eunika was accepted to attend graduate program in University of Memphis with emphasis in ceramics. Her MFA thesis intentions were to create beautifully thrown ceramic pieces. Instead, her final works included a mixture or raw and natural instillations created from her clay digs. These works provided an extensive collection of 'red-stained' studio clothes that lead to the idea of using clay as a painting medium. Today she still paints with Mississippi red clay that she digs up near Carrollton Mississippi. She also has added other clays and pigments to her palette. As a hiker and ultra distance trail runner she has the means to find secluded areas with clay deposits. She runs with a small backpack and along with her running/hiking gear she carries a small shovel, ziplock bags and her camera to record her experience. She has a collection of umber, sienna and ochre pigmented clays from across America's countryside. These clays provide the staining pigments that make up her art imagery. Through her art she tries to capture the "passage of time" and how it imprints on our lives.

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