Working across pen, collage, and digital media,
@sam_modder ’s process begins with large, labor-intensive ball point pen drawings. “The ball point pen drawings are usually larger than life in size,” said Modder, whose “Of All the Worlds We Could Have Dreamed” exhibition is on view through May 31 at
@3sartspace , 319 Vaughan St., #PortsmouthNH. “I scan the drawings at high resolution and then #collage them together in the final composition.” The process of #digitalcollaging allows her to duplicate and warp some of the drawings. Finally, the drawings are printed on three-foot-wide adhesive paper and installed piece by piece, creating murals designed in direct response to the space.
“Sam Modder’s work feels like stepping into a fairy tale drawn in ball point pen and then blown up to the scale of a building,” said Beth Falconer, 3S Artspace’s executive director. “She creates expansive murals thar completely reshape the space. Inside, a single character, and her alter-egos, move through a world that is both dreamscape and testing ground.”
Read
@lindy_sioux Linda Sutherland’s review of #SamModder’s show in our May/June 2026 issue of
@artscopemagazine , available at partnering galleries, museums and art centers throughout New England, by mail order, or through purchasing digital access at artscopemagazine.com. #newenglandart
