RESUME.pdf

Samantha French's paintings and mixed media drawings reflect a
connection to the past and her own memories of life in Minnesota.
Her series focusing on bathers is her link to home and the
continual search for the feeling of sun on your face, warm summer
days at the lake. Shades of blue dominate her work as gestural
figures in swimming attire represent memories of her past and a
romanticized time far before hers with wool suits, dark eyeliner and
bob haircuts.

French is a Minnesota native now living and working in
New York. She graduated from MCAD with a Bachelor of Fine Arts
in 2005. In 2006 she received an individual artist grant from the Five
Wings Arts Council.