Artist Statement

"The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul."
-Wassily Kandinsky

This collection of visual art is an interplay of the inner and outer worlds.
The abstract allows me to freely express, be spontaneous and engage my designer's mind.
The figurative flows more freely when I allow myself the indulgence of the abstract.
Both have their challenges.
Textures, colours, calligraphy, accidents, intentions are in both expressions.
The layers of the natural world are infinite and their effect on me pours our from the vast interior of my emotional being. In the "pouring out" I allow myself to playfully and strategically form compositions.
The figurative pays homage to something more specific. Perhaps more of a cultural or natural observation, telling a story.
The abstract constructions engage the imagination differently each time. Perhaps seen as a strange language that the soul may find familiar.

Biography

Kellianne Land is a muralist and artist residing in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia. Land studied fine art and art history at NASCAD, Concordia and Guelph University. Nature, allegory and devotion are integral to her practice. During COVID Land turned to abstract expressionism for healing and started to create a series of works that are a visual language of she started calling "glyphs". In 2021 she created a workshop based on this form of expression. In 2022 Land started to create sculptural versions of this process and in 2023 started to create contemporary jewelery in the same genre. Presently she has started a series of "Beings" that are and enhancement of paradolia images found in her abstract expressions. Although abstraction is the main thrust of her work, Land is also working on large, mixed media drawings, called "Vernacular", a visual documentation of the cultural landscape of south west Nova Scotia and the north east coast of New England.