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  • Chalynne Cowan

    EXPLORE MY WORK

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    I have had the privilege of being an art teacher abroad in South Korea and China. Teaching, making, and exploring art gives me joy and satisfaction. I have been constantly inspired by the students, colleagues, and artists I work with. Exploring cultures within Asia has given me new perspectives on my home culture. Much of my art reflects my contemplation about home, nature and social structures.

     

    These are a series of artworks made between 2019-2022.

     

    Civilizations: water and transportation is a layering of metro maps of places I've lived, road maps, drawn images of plumbing and water vessels, and gold leaf abstractions of rivers. As I travel, I marvel at how we move and develop cities and infrastructure.

    Values - features the twelve social values promoted within mainland China, the hand gestures for numbers 1-12, and the guides used when learning caligraphy.

    Marsh, Beaver, Moose, Northern Interior, and Vancouver Island combine familiar Canadian animals with the Hudsons Bay Company's long-established corporate symbol. I am privileged to have grown up on Vancouver Island in the Cowichan Valley. The traditional unceded land of the Quw'utsun, Malahat, Ts'uubaa-asatx, Halalt, Penelakut, Stz'uminus, & Lyackson Peoples. I am thankful to be connected to a place with diverse histories, stories, and perspectives and a vastness that humbles and focuses the soul.

     

  • culture and systems

    Civilizations: Water and Transportation Accordion Book , 2021
    Civilizations: Water and Transportation (detail)
    Values Accordion Book , 2021
    Values (detail)
    Marsh, 2019
    Beaver, 2019
    Moose, 2019
    Northern Interior, 2019
    Vancouver Island, 2019
    BC diptych: Vancouver Island and Northern Interior
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    Antler, Reach, and Flow address cycles of autumn.

    Fungi paintings and digital designs are a response to ongoing research into their diverse hidden forms, fruits, and communication methods. I am learning so much from how they move, build, and consume.

    Species is a booklet inspired by my time at University. It utilizes graphite, maps of BC, gold leaf, and coloured pencils. I included abstracted patterns from pine beetles on one side and tree stumps with seeds and leaves of common trees on Vancouver Island and southern BC.

     

  • nature, decay, and regeneration

    Antler, 2021
    Reach, 2021
    Flow, 2021
    Fungi 1, 2021
    Fungi 2, 2021
    Fungi 3, 2021
    Fungi 4, 2021
    Oyster Mushroom Meditations, 2021
    Detail: Oyster Mushroom Meditations
    Species Accordion Book,  2021
    Species Detail
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    The Self-Portraits are examples from my high school art classes. We explored identity, value, power, and narratives, using the grid method to improve our accuracy with either ink or graphite.

     

  • Self Portraits

    Portrait 2020
    Antler, 2021
    Portrait 2016
  • Contact

    chalynnecowan@gmail.com

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