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Linnea Hannigan

Linnea Martina Hannigan smiling in a wide-brimmed hat, shown in black and white against a colourful abstract artwork background.

Jewellery + Metals

Practicing Visual Artist | Marketing & Social Media @ Hannigan's Paint · BFA · Class of 1999

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Linnea graduated from the Alberta University of the Arts with a BFA majoring in Jewellery & Metalsmithing. A Canadian Visual Artist, born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, who now resides in the small Towne of Langdon (The Good Luck Towne). Now painting, inspiration derives from Alberta’s vast mountains and never ending prairie; “Love for the unspoken words of nature”. Linnea

Linnea's work is in the form of contemporary landscapes, abstract vibrations and snapshot details of nature. You can see her work in a variety of different mediums: Watercolour | Inks and the ancient and re-emerging medium of Encaustic.

"As an artist, I am drawn to the fluidity and spontaneity of watercolour, a medium often associated with traditional techniques and delicate landscapes. However, I aim to push the boundaries of this perception by using nontraditional watercolour surfaces, infusing my work with a contemporary energy. The unconventional use of watercolour and inks allow for unexpected textures, layers and interactions, giving the paintings a modern feel that contrasts with the medium’s historic reputation.
Ultimately Linnea's work seeks to reframe watercolour within the context of contemporary art, challenging preconceived notions of what this medium can achieve."
Natures unseen vibrations & energy.
Linnea doesn’t necessarily always ponder what is happening above ground but below, seismic happenings! Reflecting on space, time, relationships, interactions between people and energy. Along with studying the properties of making her own pigments (from nature) in watercolour and pastels, again she brings new energy in “living” paintings from hand forged pigments.
Her intention; to spark personal recollections in the viewer from an unconventional perspective, carefully building layers upon layers, leaving a translucent history, using depth colour, luminescence, sculptural textures and surface transitions, transitions of slight sodalities. Endless discovery within her work!

Brumara My intention, to spark personal recollections in the viewer from an unconventional perspective, moving pigments that are suspended, extracting pigments, manipulating the smallest pigments create layers of transparent colour, playing on depth with slight transitions to add complexity and mystery within the surface, leaving a translucent history. I see these layers as a metaphor for life; the pigmented puddles are the quiet moments of rest, absorbing over time, the layers we create from memories.
Pulled from the clouds My work is reframing watercolour, challenging preconceived notions of what this medium can achieve. I like to refer to artwork painted in Contemporary Watercolour and Inks as “living works of art.” Translating places into pigments, into works of art that hold a place within them a connection that resonates with the viewer! Controlled pigments only to a glimpse of premeditation, ending in energy transformation!
Ripple Effect Series “Ripple Effect” Water – Space – Time – Energy I was first inspired to create Ripple Effect Series by watching a water drop hitting the surface of a calm body of water. Slow motion watching water drip Nature breathing out
 through space and time
 it lands
 
...Then a ripple In a glass of liquid
 in a puddle
 a pond a lake the ocean I breathe in… and out again Linnea

Linnea Hannigan's Work

Linnea Hannigan's Work Abstract landscape artwork by Linnea Martina Hannigan with orange, blue and green washes suggesting sky, water and tree-like forms.
Brumara My intention, to spark personal recollections in the viewer from an unconventional perspective, moving pigments that are suspended, extracting pigments, manipulating the smallest pigments create layers of transparent colour, playing on depth with slight transitions to add complexity and mystery within the surface, leaving a translucent history. I see these layers as a metaphor for life; the pigmented puddles are the quiet moments of rest, absorbing over time, the layers we create from memories.
Linnea Hannigan's Work Abstract blue and yellow artwork by Linnea Martina Hannigan with layered horizontal washes, dark ink-like forms and white negative space.
Pulled from the clouds My work is reframing watercolour, challenging preconceived notions of what this medium can achieve. I like to refer to artwork painted in Contemporary Watercolour and Inks as “living works of art.” Translating places into pigments, into works of art that hold a place within them a connection that resonates with the viewer! Controlled pigments only to a glimpse of premeditation, ending in energy transformation!
Linnea Hannigan's Work Abstract circular artwork by Linnea Martina Hannigan with layered blue, green, yellow and purple rings surrounding a white centre.
Ripple Effect Series “Ripple Effect”
Water – Space – Time – Energy

I was first inspired to create Ripple Effect Series by watching a water drop hitting the surface of a calm body of water.

Slow motion
watching water drip

Nature breathing out

through space and time

it lands



...Then a ripple

In a glass of liquid

in a puddle

a pond
a lake
the ocean

I breathe in…
and out again

Linnea

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