Kadence Lewis

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symbiosis

Thesis Statement

I find difficulty in expressing emotion through words, and instead find myself channeling these feelings into the things I create. These detailed illustrative woodcuts utilize subconscious associations with natural symbols, such as plants and animals, to evoke what I felt when creating each piece in this series of prints.

Through an intuitive approach to image making, I allow flexibility and spontaneity into the piece with each mark carved informing the next. In my choice of subject matter, I reflect on my relationship to nature and find comfort within it while also referencing symbolic associations to the animals I'm portraying.

These works serve as a source of relief and introspection while inviting the viewer to contemplate each piece's meaning and to create meaning of their own in response.

wood cut print of a snake fighting a crow wood cut print of a crow

Devour the Days, Woodcut Print, 29" x 53", 2024

wood cut print of snakes and hands wood cut print of a snake

Such a Strange Numb, Woodcut Print, 29" x 53", 2024

wood cut print of two swans sitting in plants and a moon in the center wood cut print of a swan head sitting on plants and a hand Close up of a print with a deer laying in a bed of flowers. Close up of a woodcut print with a hand surrounded by flowers.

Where Its Quiet, Woodcut Print, 29" x 53", 2024

wood cut print of a fox and rabbit in grass wood cut print of a fox tail and a spider lily Close up of a bunny surrounded by grass and flowers in a woodcut print.