Art of Our modern landscape
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Welcome, All. Thank you for taking the time to visit.
This website is for the eyes, but also for the mind.
Since I was a young adult, I cared deeply about the environment and its inhabitants. I’ve also always been an artist. When we transition into adulthood, we see that settling into one’s path takes a deep intention to cultivate. In my late twenties I decided to merge these two passions; my love for the environment and my need to paint. Born out of this collision are simply two categories; land homages, or landscapes, and works that challenge the mind of the consumer to consider their placement on earth.
As an Optimist deeply interested in Environmental Prosperity, My interest lies in addressing climate change and related matters from an expressive standpoint, to speak to the heart. This is because I believe that the only way out is through.
The Landscapes I make hold greater meaning in the age of climate change, as these places depicted are hot spots of hope or spaces we wish to preserve. Other works address challenging external issues related to human activity here on planet A, while others aim to inspire hope, reminding the viewer that we can collectively change our fate and the fate of other species.
Artist Statement
Provost paints scenes of living in the era of the Anthropocene. In her recent works, Provost searches for the tone of our distinct present, keeping in mind our environmental crisis in hopes to find that which is still sacred. Her work integrates themes of slow living, food ethics, and current global events with classic landscapes as a means of holding the dual nature of our existence in both hands. In her process she holds these truths: collapse of an old world and regeneration of a new, in order to gently encourage the viewer to imagine new narratives. In all cases, her intent is to inspire the viewers to act in defense of the natural environment, adopting principles of biomimicry. Provost believes that we could benefit from integrating an off grid mindset to our urban lifestyle, acknowledging our impact, as consumers, as a powerful force for change.
Commission History
One summer, I went to see the William Turner Show at the De Young Museum in San Francisco. On the Biographical Wall Text Account of Turner, it said that he sold drawings as commissions to pay for his career as painter. After reading these words about Turner i wrote in my diary that I wanted to sell drawings like “hot cakes”; in other words, I wanted the drawings to sell easily and fluidly, and they did! I made hundreds of drawings of off the grid cabins and anything my patrons would like. I sold them online, on the subways, on the streets. It started with drawings, and then resulted in painting commissions to friends in Manhattan and Sweden and more. Commissions are extraordinary because each relationship with the client is fresh, unique. These commissions have allowed me to shoot for bigger goals like featuring my work abroad in Tokyo (2019) or my current ambition to commemorate beached gray whales by making a Whale Sarcophagus that will exist as a public installation in San Francisco in the future.
