Research

Samson’s work interweaves a fascination with the natural sciences, such as biology, botany and geology, with a love for the ritual, process and physicality of materials in art making. Contemplating nature in both its macrocosmic vastness, as well as the minutiae of its microcosmic realms, she seeks to illuminate aquatic and terrestrial landscapes as layered tapestries of form, color, and texture. Viewing these small fragments of the landscape as collections of worlds within worlds, ecological niches within niches containing infinitesimally small flora and fauna, it is Samson’s intent to reveal habitat and inhabitant, and magnify the beautiful intricacies of the overlooked, unnoticed and invisible.