Jan Creelman – Past

About the Artist

Artist Statement

My mission is to help you process your world by providing a different lens through which you can “make sense” of living. To always invite you out into a much larger world than you might have imagined you belonged to in the first place.
I try to generate thinking and emotions through the process of movement interacting with resistance. My work positions contrasting elements together, pushing and pulling each other with the wild rapture of our unpredictable worlds or moments, however glorious or dark. Art is organic and dynamic – it is always shifting for both the artist and the viewer, continuously active, incomplete, but always becoming. I hope you, the viewer will experience something unexpected and find a new adventure propelling you forward through your day.

Artist Biography

Born of settlers in unceded Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik Territory, I grew up on the East Coast of Canada and“fell into batik” while observing a friend composing a market scene with wax and dyes. That first enchanting evening of story-telling shaped my award-winning, core expressionist approach. Through this, my focus has been on the thinking and emotions generated within viewer, not just the work itself. To this end, I have developed a vigorous, organic style stimulated by the extremes of any experience outside my comfort zone. My work is also strongly informed by university degrees in Music and Library and Information Science, and professional work as an archivist.