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Original work is not typically sold online. Digital downloads are only available in black & white.
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Artistic Process
All of my work is based on real geography - but drawn in a bold, abstract way.
Everything is drawn by hand in multiple separate layers (individual layer of ink, layer of watercolor, layer of acrylic paints, etc), scanned into the computer and merged together to create a final piece.
Some pieces are more painterly than others - it all depends on how they were made and what materials were used.
About Me.
I'm Jennifer Carland, Business owner and artist at Carland Cartography.
I create fine art abstracted street maps. The artwork illustrates local neighborhoods as well as broad city views of various places in the world. To me, maps are not just tools- they hold "invisible" information; they contain stories and memories that were created by the people who lived and visited there.
Maps can invoke a sense of nostalgia, a feeling of belonging and an expression of self-identity. There is a psychological connection between identity and location— location is important. My work is illustrated reminders of the places people identify with - such as the town where they lived as a child or the place where they went to college. Location is what binds our experiences together - our own experiences as we travel from one place to the next and our collective experience, as we share the physical world with one another. My work can serve as reminders of the locations that make each person's life story special and different from anyone else's journey.
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