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GAZE

Gaze is a fictional town heavily inspired by the landscapes and architecture of the Lakes Region of Maine. Gaze is a town that is mundane, foliage and critter-filled on the surface. It has the touch of humans when there are none present. But underneath the surface, there are magical forces that linger. The magical atmosphere of the small town explores the representations of dissociation and ethereality in the everyday; depicting the inability, yet longing to fully grasp reality. Liminal spaces such as roads and disjointed paneling blur linear paths and timelines. In my imagery, content, and process I develop a longing for clarity and a connection to the universe. I am dually subverting and depicting dissociation from my unique perspective. The way I perceive etherality and magical realism are redefined under my dissociative lens of the universe.

Bio

Arikah Lynne is a printmaker and papermaker born and living in Windham, Maine. Lynne will earn a BFA in Printmaking from Maine College of Art & Design in 2022 and attend the Tamarind Institute Printer Training program in August 2022. Since 2019, Lynne has worked as the Print Technician Assistant in the Maine College of Art & Design’s Printmaking Department.

Working primarily in stone lithography, Lynne crafts prints that explore the representations of dissociation and ethereality in the everyday; depicting the inability, yet longing to fully grasp reality through imagery that conveys abnormality in the seemingly mundane. Imagery of vermin, roads, foliage, homes, and bodies of water make up the majority of Lynne's work. Lynne spends much time in the Lakes Region of Maine, which is a considerable source of landscape and imagery inspiration for Lynne’s prints.