Artist Statement

My work is inspired by nature, the cosmos, music, street art, art nouveau, and above all, curiosity and the love of being alive on Planet Earth. My multi-disciplinary work is technical yet expressive, and involves bold colours, nature themes, and hand-lettered elements. My most recent work has been a journey in finding the light and joy after traversing a challenging period of loss in my life.

Biography

Tanya Keigan is a lifelong visual artist and award-winning designer who graduated from OCADU in Toronto in 2006 receiving a Bachelor of Design from the Environmental Design program and from Sheridan College in Oakville from the Art Fundamentals program in 2001. She worked for world-renowned architecture and multi-disciplinary design studios in Toronto before abandoning the city life to move to the forest and live off-grid in a tiny home that she built with her partner; drawing, painting, photographing, growing gardens, and raising happy cats, she stayed for many years before returning home to Nova Scotia in 2022. These days she is primarily drawing and painting, and may be open to commissions, collaborations, teaching, making murals, or hanging her art in public spaces.