Carrie Dyer

Assistant Professor, Graphic Design

office: MAC 404 B
phone: 501 852.2946
fax: 501 450.5788
email: cdyer@uca.edu

MFA - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BFA - East Tennessee State University

specialties - Graphic Design

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My work is created through an intuitive awareness of reoccurring patterns of thought created through repetition of daily interactions. The imagery is dissected from childlike states of isolation, the in-ability to communicate traditionally, being misunderstood. Parts and pieces of animals reference Icon like objects which play as psychological metaphors. The wing is essential for the bird to fly; antlers are essential for the deer to protect. These symbols are juxtaposed next to the simulation of water like area-scapes frozen in some kind of time. Size reflects the intimacy of the psychological space, the moment, the idea that even thought is meaningless due to the short inconsistent nature of existence itself. The act of organizing these thoughts creates a formula of understanding. “Things that weren’t supposed to happen” reflects a childlike perspective of everyday events that shatter an idealistic view of how society should be. The work is a reaction to this realization. It is a silent scream, an emotion that creates an inability to react physically. Lack of color is used to create sterile-ness. Small areas create catalysts for hopefulness where seemingly insignificant actions create the ability to see as you might not have seen before.