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Paleo-Sentio
Hendrie, Arden Roessler
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 PALEO-SENTIO

by
Arden Roessler Hendrie

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment

of the requirements for the
Master of Fine Arts degree in Art
in the Graduate College of
The University of Iowa

May 2014

Thesis Supervisor: Professor John Dilg

 Copyright by
ARDEN ROESSLER HENDRIE
2014
All Rights Reserved
 Graduate College
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL
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MASTERS THESIS
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This is to certify that the Master’s thesis of

Arden Roessler Hendrie

has been approved by the Examining Committee

for the thesis requirement for the Master of Fine Arts
degree in Art at the May 2014 graduation.

Thesis Committee: __________________________________

John Dilg, Thesis Supervisor

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Susan White

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Laurel Farrin

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James Snitzer
For Kate Raley.

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank my family and friends for their support and encouragement.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES………………………………………………………………...v
QUALITIES OF THE ENTITES…………………………………………………..1

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure
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QUALITIES OF THE ENTITIES

The subjects of the drawings and paintings are one or more entities.
The entities have a form that relates to our idea of an organic body. As observers,
we may recognize this body form and connect it to our own.
Each entity has a particular means to experience its environment, as well as a
history of experiences to inform how it interacts with its environment.
As observers, there is no way for us to consciously know or connect to these
means and history, as these qualities are outside of our own conscious history.
The entities are aware of themselves.
They are aware that they’re unaggressive. The actions of the entities may destroy
aspects of their environment or themselves, but this destruction is simply necessary. In
this way, they’re unencumbered by specific needs or desires. They are “light.”
This “lightness” can sometimes make them appear funny or playful.
The entities are blind. They can’t see what they are interacting with; they’re
guided by the fact that whatever interactions they have are necessary.
I want the paintings to show this necessary moment of interaction.
As the entities interact with the environment, they continually absorb aspects of
the environment, and they create and destroy parts of the environment and parts of
themselves. Because of this constant interaction the entities are always changing.
I’ve started to think of entities as portraits of my own intuitive response. Or
maybe they’re portraits of how my intuitive response and my conscious desires interact
as physical forms.
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Figure 1. Untitled, mixed media on paper, 15.5” x 21”, 2013

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Figure 2. Untitled, mixed media on paper, 15.5” x 21”, 2013

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Figure 3. Untitled, oil stick on paper, 22” x 30”, 2013

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Figure 4. Untitled, oil stick on paper, 21” x 29”, 2013

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Figure 5. Untitled, oil stick on paper, 21” x 29”, 2013