Kathleen Vance

Kathleen Vance talks about her show at Open Source called “From The Woods“, about her beautiful River Installations and about her Traveling Landscapes. With the series “Traveling Landscapes” Vance creates miniature landscapes inside vintage suitcases and trunks. The bucolic scenes harken to a place out of time and a romanticism of nature, with lush foliage and flowing streams. These relaxing scenarios consider personal land ownership, water rights and the need for stewardship and preservation of our green areas and water sources. These works bring nature back into ones every day life and the hurried pace of each person’s travels can be slowed to a moment of respite for contemplation and reflection.

Kathleen Vance is an environmental artist that creates projects that connect people to local aspects of nature that are overlooked or under appreciated. “In my work I distinguish forms that are indicative of growth and explore the variance between experiences of an authentic natural encounter vs. an inauthentic encounter. I look for the ways in which nature can be brought back into the course of one’s daily life.  I am intrigued by areas where manicured nature is being reclaimed by the wild.  With my installations I engage viewers with the experience of a space being overtaken by natural elements. I bring discarded particles from forestry floor together to be revivified in my constructions.” – Kathleen Vance

Artist Website
From The Woods: Solo exhibition by Kathleen Vance at Open Source Gallery, 2012
Kathleen Vance is also the co-director of the Frontroom Gallery