Artists
NHTI Visual Arts Capstone Showroom: Spring 2025
Represented
Exhibited
Serafine Cormier
Molly Fields
Anna Cadorette
Sean Murray
Leilani Watt
Joshua Fecteau
Sydney MacLean
Emma Blake
Serafine Cormier
Artist Statement
My artworks explore the nature of love itself through my personal experiences and observations. The quality of love determines the majority of our happiness and is different for every single person. What makes you feel loved? Who should we give it to and who should we receive it from? These are the kinds of questions I hope my body of work inspires you to ask. In a world where expressions of love can feel diminished, it is important that we reflect on the value of this quality. I hope these pieces have made you feel thankful for the life you live, the people you share it with, and any affection you have been shown. I wanted to highlight that we all have the capacity to be kind, to love and be loved.
Molly Fields
Artist Statement: Bullet
In this drawing, I wanted to explore how light and shadow can change the way we see an object. The bullet is small and simple, but its shadow makes it feel bigger, as if it has a story to tell. By using sharp contrast between dark and light, I wanted to show how shadows can add mystery and meaning to something ordinary.
The way the light hits the bullet creates a long, stretched shadow, making it seem more important than it really is. The bullet itself is solid and clear, but its shadow feels less certain, like it could mean different things to different people. Shadows can represent things we do not always see, like memories or emotions. I wanted to make people think about how something as simple as a shadow can change how we feel about an object.
Sometimes, the things we do not notice right away—like shadows—can be just as important as the objects themselves. Light and dark work together to create meaning, and I want this piece to make people think about what they see and what they do not.
Anna Cadorette
Artist Statement
My capstone project consists of a series of clay sculptures that reflect my personal growth throughout my time at NHTI. When I began my journey here, I felt uncertain and insecure about my decisions for my future. However, with each class, I discovered more about myself and my passions than I ever anticipated. In particular, courses like 3-D Design and Ceramics revealed how much satisfaction I find in working with my hands to create and build.
When I think back to my first introduction to 3-D art, I remember the mobiles I saw at an Alexander Calder exhibit when I was a child. Those whimsical sculptures left a lasting impression on me, and their influence continues to guide my creative direction today. The sculptures I created for this capstone project are intended to evoke a sense of growth, particularly when arranged in this specific way. Throughout the process, I reflected on both my personal and artistic evolution, and these pieces are a culmination of that journey.
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Sean Murray
Artist Statement
My capstone was done by shooting on 35mm color film and using a processing technique called “film soup”, which is done by placing a roll of film in various liquids or chemicals. The ingredients and processes of each recipe achieves a different effect, and leaves the film with warped colors, patterns, etc. For these photos I used lemon juice, white conger & salt, and various food dyes. Experimental photography is something that I love because the surreal and dreamlike imagery that usually comes with it gives me a sense of calm and a freedom of anxiety. My goal with my capstone is to allow the viewer to potentially feel that same sense of calmness and freedom of anxiety.
Leilani Watt
Artist Statement: What Dreams May Come Tarot Deck
Through the language of oracle cards and color, my work explores how a soul can
express itself through the realms of dreams and creativity. My work shows the emotion of
dreams in a beautiful, unique oracle deck. I want my deck to resonate with the viewer and make
them feel emotionally connected to each unique card. The deck illustrates the beautiful world
that dreams can create and contains worlds of many colors. Each card has a beautiful frame to
encompass the art. I chose six cards as my primary art pieces for the capstone and created them
digitally. These worlds show the beauty of the deck I am making.
Joshua Fecteau
Artist Statement: These Hands
Central to my time here at NHTI has been a sense of questioning about
myself and, in turn, my work. Though I came here to develop artistic ability, I was
not at all practicing it prior and—indeed—even throughout I have not been
diligent! In my three years here, I have spent much more time looking at my own
hands than at the work which lay before me.
But in lieu of my studies, from before I thought to attend this school all the
way to the present, I have been writing poetry. And of all my creative pursuits, I
would like to honor it in the completion of this program. Thus, my capstone
marries my developing artistic skills with my writing ability through the image of
my hands—which I have so often refused to allow the freedom of in either pursuit.
In these works, I attempt to break away from the oppressive and defeating
perfectionism that I have so-often struggled with; they are imperfect, and there is
only so much time, and still I am happy to have made it here.
And speaking of time, thank you for spending some of yours on reading this.
