Painting Unfamiliar Objects
![An oil painting of a sewer cover.](https://cdn.rit.edu/spotlight/2020-06/mainedit_1.jpg)
Below is thesis work by YeaSeul Lee ’20 MFA (Fine Arts Studio):
“Occasionally, certain things come alive to me as representing something that leaves behind a trace of time,” Lee said. “That mark emerges from suffering and it communicates itself to the world outside. I have been interested in abandoned things which have been disregarded, especially what are, to me, unfamiliar objects. I am inspired by the moment when I feel a sense of familiarity with those things that I have not dealt with before, and then I sublimate my feelings into art. It begins with the feeling of pity for sewage systems that are not usually seen. My work combines the feelings that I have experienced with sewages and seeks to make them appear more mystical and otherworldly on the canvas.”
![A painting of water breaking through a sewer cover.](https://cdn.rit.edu/images/inline-images/Yeaseul%20Lee%202nd.jpg)
![A painting of water on the ground near a sewer.](https://cdn.rit.edu/images/inline-images/Yeaseul%20Lee%204th.jpg)