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Maddie Hinrichs, MFA’22 candidate

A painting of a small child with wings sitting on a stone bridge near a bunch of pink flowers.

The original photo reference that Maddie took in a friend’s home.

Hand holding a paintbrush, painting details onto canvas.

Once the embroidery was finished, the remaining canvas was primed before Maddie began painting the frame and surrounding wallpaper.

Unfinished embroidery over sketched outline.

The beginning of the embroidery process.

Maddie Hinrichs, MFA’22 candidate

Maddie works with oil painting and embroidery mediums that describe her memories of familiar interiors. The spaces she works with begin in reality and devolve into dreamscapes that reject logic and favor surrealism.

Maddie Hinrichs, MFA’22 candidate
An early sketch of Maddie's artwork.

The study that was made from the photo reference which highlighted Maddie’s reflection in the glass of the picture and showed how abstracted the image would become when made of embroidered threads.

Our cover artist’s process

Maddie Hinrichs, MFA’22 candidate
Maddie works with oil painting and embroidery mediums that describe her memories of familiar interiors. The spaces she works with begin in reality and devolve into dreamscapes that reject logic and favor surrealism.
Maddie Hinrichs, MFA’22 candidate
A painting of a small child with wings sitting on a stone bridge near a bunch of pink flowers.

The original photo reference that Maddie took in a friend’s home.

An early sketch of Maddie's artwork.

The study that was made from the photo reference which highlighted Maddie’s reflection in the glass of the picture and showed how abstracted the image would become when made of embroidered threads.

Unfinished embroidery over sketched outline.

The beginning of the embroidery process.

Hand holding a paintbrush, painting details onto canvas.

Once the embroidery was finished, the remaining canvas was primed before Maddie began painting the frame and surrounding wallpaper.

The final piece What I See, What I Show

The painting was named What I See, What I Show which details how much the reference image changes throughout the process of making the final piece. Maddie’s reflection remains in the composition but is merely a lingering presence within the abstracted embroidered work. 

Artwork by Maddie Hinrichs

Basement, 2021, 24x17 in, embroidery and oil on linen
This Memory is Not What it Used To Be, 2021, 66x24 in, embroidery and oil on canvas
Self Portrait 2, 2021, 21x24 in, oil on canvas
The Deer's Revenge, 2020, 34x27 in, oil on canvas
Ancestry, 2021, 38x31 in, oil on canvas

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A painting of a small child with wings sitting on a stone bridge near a bunch of pink flowers.

The original photo reference that Maddie took in a friend’s home.

Maddie Hinrichs, MFA’22 candidate
Maddie works with oil painting and embroidery mediums that describe her memories of familiar interiors. The spaces she works with begin in reality and devolve into dreamscapes that reject logic and favor surrealism.
Maddie Hinrichs, MFA’22 candidate
Maddie Hinrichs, MFA’22 candidate
An early sketch of Maddie's artwork.

The study that was made from the photo reference which highlighted Maddie’s reflection in the glass of the picture and showed how abstracted the image would become when made of embroidered threads.

The final piece What I See, What I Show

The painting was named What I See, What I Show which details how much the reference image changes throughout the process of making the final piece. Maddie’s reflection remains in the composition but is merely a lingering presence within the abstracted embroidered work. 

Unfinished embroidery over sketched outline.

The beginning of the embroidery process.

Hand holding a paintbrush, painting details onto canvas.

Once the embroidery was finished, the remaining canvas was primed before Maddie began painting the frame and surrounding wallpaper.

Basement, 2021, 24x17 in, embroidery and oil on linen
This Memory is Not What it Used To Be, 2021, 66x24 in, embroidery and oil on canvas
Self Portrait 2, 2021, 21x24 in, oil on canvas
The Deer's Revenge, 2020, 34x27 in, oil on canvas
Ancestry, 2021, 38x31 in, oil on canvas

‍

A painting of a small child with wings sitting on a stone bridge near a bunch of pink flowers.

The original photo reference that Maddie took in a friend’s home.

Maddie Hinrichs, MFA’22 candidate

Maddie works with oil painting and embroidery mediums that describe her memories of familiar interiors. The spaces she works with begin in reality and devolve into dreamscapes that reject logic and favor surrealism.

Maddie Hinrichs, MFA’22 candidate
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An early sketch of Maddie's artwork.

The study that was made from the photo reference which highlighted Maddie’s reflection in the glass of the picture and showed how abstracted the image would become when made of embroidered threads.

Unfinished embroidery over sketched outline.

More Artists from the Gallery

A book from the Jasper Johns catalogue laying open next to a dark gray box with the remaining books from the collection.
Roberta Bernstein
Portrait of an Angel, 1984 oil on linen 60 x 48 in
Judith Braun, MA’82, MFA’83
There was Nothing – Kuch bhi Naheen Tha! (2017)
Yaminay Chaudhri, MFA’11
Three Tables In Rome, 2017 Watercolor on paper 85 x 248.5 inches
Dawn Clements, MA ’87, MFA ’89 (1958-2018)
A large wave of ocean water rising just before it crashes to the rocky shoreline.
Aaron Feinberg, BS’04
A humanoid figure stands at the end of a platform and looks at a sandy abstract shape forming in front of a yellow orange glowing light.
Deejay Forte, BA’10
Red into Green, 2021 House Paint on Panel Panels 36x24x4 in. 12 feet tall.
Ossie Jon-Nwakalo, BA ’18
Tidal, 2021 • Acrylic on linen over panel • 28” x 22”
Jenny Kemp, MFA ’12
Satellite Abstraction 3, 2019 • digital inkjet prints, acrylic, rubber vinyl mono print on black stonehenge • 24’x32’
Darian Longmire, MFA’18
Glyph 59, 2021 • Ink, flashe, and thread, on cotton rag paper • 16 x 16 inches
Pam Poquette, MFA’17
Tall emerald green wardrobe embossed with circle pattern.
Sandra Scolnik, MFA’97
The Ocean Beneath the Ocean with Water made of Diamonds, 2021 Acrylic, gouache, alone shell, and glitter on archival paper • 29.5 x 42 inches
Alisa Sikelianos-Carter, BA ’15, MA ’17
Untitled, 2019 • Oil on canvas • 50 x 70 in
Jansson Stegner, MFA’01

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