Jan Yates, SCA      visual artist
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We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves. ― Andy Goldsworthy


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Fare Well
4th January, 2019,
Oak Point, New Brunswick


I watched Y0u taking flight. Hoping for a full circle and a safe landing



Winter (2017/18) Landwalks: Bruce Trail, Niagara Escarpment
Ephemeral Graffiti, (charcoal), Litter, Snow, Lichen, Sumac, Fern, Wild raspberry
Andy Goldsworthy wanna be. Bruce Trail, January, 2018
A connecting aspect of my practice is informed by altars and alter-ability in the land. After spending time at  residencies in Ireland (2013) and Shetland, (2015, 2016) I have become more and more interested in the human connection with place and how we are all compelled to alter the land in some way, shape or form, even in remote, sparsely populated regions of the world.
I am driven to leave my own land marks in these places and find myself making portals from discarded vineyard wire, arranging red sumac in  spirals on blue snow shadows and lining up rows of  milkweed pods into migration patterns.
Remnants found on remote shorelines (nets, seaweed, lichened stones, litter) and fallow fields (carcass, nests, wild growth) are intimately altered to mark  places in time. They are left as temporary markers for others to encounter (or not) before being reclaimed by the natural world.
I am intrigued by the processes happening in nature over time and it’s unpredictability that affects the work. The uncertainty of working with the weather, the connection between land and light, and dialogues with hidden life are all elements that motivate my practice.
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Immersed in the cycle of growth and decay, I am compelled to  make marks on the land using only materials from my immediate surroundings.
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Niagara Escarpment, milkweed, snow, January 2015
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Niagara Escarpment ice, milkweed, seeds, December 2014
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Niagara escarpment,queen ann ice wheel ,December 2014
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Niagara escarpment, ice , December 2014
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Niagara Escarpment, tree portal, November, 2014
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Niagara Escarpment, dog portal, December 2014
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Niagara Escarpment, ice, golden rod pod, burrs
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Niagara Escarpment, found litter, vine root, November 2014
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Niagara Escarpment ice, burs, December 2014
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Niagara escarpment, found litter (styrofoam), tree

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  • Home
  • Paintings
    • Lakelands
    • small / medium plein air paintings
    • large paintings
    • Virtual Wanders
    • 'They Can't Cancel the Spring' quarantine works
    • Shetland
    • Fieldlands
    • Cuttings
    • Encaustic >
      • encaustic gallery 2
      • earlier work >
        • Spring / Summer: Niagara Escarpment >
          • Winter: Niagara Escarpment >
            • Autumn: Niagara Escarpment >
              • A Way >
                • small works: plein air >
                  • from my garden
                • Sky
                • moon
  • Landworks / Projects
    • Covid Lock-down Projects
    • da waander-migration, litter, climate change'
    • Shetland >
      • video
    • Landmade >
      • video
    • Bright Ideas
    • The Milkweed Project
    • the Dog's Tree
    • rags for those loved: Intentions from ireland
    • Cultivating the Greenbelt
    • Ireland Residency
    • murmuration
    • constructions and discoveries
  • Teaching
    • Upcoming Workshops & Classes >
      • Cold Wax & Oil workshops
      • Painting Shorelines: where Water meets Land.
      • Encaustic Painting workshops >
        • weekly art instruction & mentoring >
          • Painting with Wine >
            • Painting with Oil >
              • Plein Air Painting workshops >
                • cold wax medium
  • news
  • bio/cv
    • statement
  • Contact
    • Commission a Painting >
      • Blog