Paleo-Sentio. Iowa Research Online. University of Iowa. Arden Roessler Hendrie University of Iowa. Theses and Dissertations.

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1 University of Iowa Iowa Research Online Theses and Dissertations Spring 2014 Paleo-Sentio Arden Roessler Hendrie University of Iowa Copyright 2014 Arden Roessler Hendrie This thesis is available at Iowa Research Online: Recommended Citation Hendrie, Arden Roessler. "Paleo-Sentio." MFA (Master of Fine Arts) thesis, University of Iowa, Follow this and additional works at: Part of the Art Practice Commons

2 PALEO-SENTIO by Arden Roessler Hendrie A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts degree in Art in the Graduate College of The University of Iowa May 2014 Thesis Supervisor: Professor John Dilg

3 Copyright by ARDEN ROESSLER HENDRIE 2014 All Rights Reserved

4 Graduate College The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL MASTERS THESIS This is to certify that the Master s thesis of Arden Roessler Hendrie has been approved by the Examining Committee for the thesis requirement for the Master of Fine Arts degree in Art at the May 2014 graduation. Thesis Committee: John Dilg, Thesis Supervisor Susan White Laurel Farrin James Snitzer

5 For Kate Raley. ii

6 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my family and friends for their support and encouragement. iii

7 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES...v QUALITIES OF THE ENTITES..1 iv

8 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Untitled 2 2. Untitled 3 3. Untitled 4 4. Untitled 5 5. Untitled 6 v

9 1 QUALITIES OF THE ENTITIES The subjects of the drawings and paintings are one or more entities. The entities have a form that relates to our idea of an organic body. As observers, we may recognize this body form and connect it to our own. Each entity has a particular means to experience its environment, as well as a history of experiences to inform how it interacts with its environment. As observers, there is no way for us to consciously know or connect to these means and history, as these qualities are outside of our own conscious history. The entities are aware of themselves. They are aware that they re unaggressive. The actions of the entities may destroy aspects of their environment or themselves, but this destruction is simply necessary. In this way, they re unencumbered by specific needs or desires. They are light. This lightness can sometimes make them appear funny or playful. The entities are blind. They can t see what they are interacting with; they re guided by the fact that whatever interactions they have are necessary. I want the paintings to show this necessary moment of interaction. As the entities interact with the environment, they continually absorb aspects of the environment, and they create and destroy parts of the environment and parts of themselves. Because of this constant interaction the entities are always changing. I ve started to think of entities as portraits of my own intuitive response. Or maybe they re portraits of how my intuitive response and my conscious desires interact as physical forms.

10 Figure 1. Untitled, mixed media on paper, 15.5 x 21,

11 Figure 2. Untitled, mixed media on paper, 15.5 x 21,

12 Figure 3. Untitled, oil stick on paper, 22 x 30,

13 Figure 4. Untitled, oil stick on paper, 21 x 29,

14 Figure 5. Untitled, oil stick on paper, 21 x 29,