"Control / Chaos" Sam Cranston

Control:
Restrain, rule, control.
Conform, cooperate, control.
Power, authority, control.

How much control do we truly have? When forced into situations, not of our making - who is in control? How do we take control?

Power is a basic human right. A right to control our own bodies. A right to think for ourselves, a right to be fearless. Until it's taken away from us.

When we're bound and constrained and give up our normal freedoms - Do we all feel the impotence in the same way?

Control is a collection of drawings. Control is living, breathing and organic. When we're broken down into our smallest pieces, are we still whole?

Our smallest parts make up who we are. If we lose a piece, are we still whole?

Chaos
a state of total confusion with no order

What happens when we relinquish control?
What happens when control is not forced upon us?
Do we descend into chaos? Do we unravel?
Do we become fearless & free?

Paintings, born from lack of control and developed in chaos. Expressing the frustration, fear and chaos we can feel when control is taken away. They also show freedom. Freedom to be seen, through the chaos. Freedom to be fearless, raw and exposed.

When we relinquish all restraint and reserve….we can embrace the chaos.

BIO
Sam Cranston is a local artist from Tindalls Bay.

Control / Chaos is her first solo exhibition showing her intricate drawings and energetic paintings.
Family and business needs put her artistic journey on pause, until she found Life Drawing classes at Estuary Arts, and fell in love with the human form. Sam seeks to capture the strength, emotion and power we can find when we strip everything away to its barest form.

Sam continues to work in a variety of mediums, taking influence from abstract expressionist artists such as De Kooning and Kline.