Samantha Burns

Samantha Burns a Fine Art graduate from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and although am now resides here in Northumberland, she is originally from West Dunbartonshire in Scotland which is where her love for landscape and scenery started. Samantha’s art practice involves the use of photography and processes like mark making and cyanotype to produce digital collages using Photoshop.

Memories of places that have induced comfort, joy and any other positive feelings are the inspiration for Samantha Burns artwork. Bringing that experience to others, by creating a safe space through these images to evoke the same feelings, is an important aspect. The natural world is the main inspiration for Sam’s work; Sam also has an interest in photographing synthetic or natural pathways and footpaths. These bring a sense of wonder at what lies beyond while simultaneously taking one on a journey through the natural environment.

Although nature is Sam’s primary influence, She also combine’s it with manmade aspects such as houses, bridges or doorways that appear in the natural environment, which shows a gentle hint of human presence furthering the relationship between nature and humans. Sam has also been working on making artwork that is more painterly, creating pieces that might come across as a singular place but are combinations of multiple places, to suggest an ‘idealised’ environment.