Project 24 is an exercise in bridging processes, concerns and discovery in my practice. Being informed by my involvements as an environmental advocate, social activist and reflective practitioner, I find myself now looking ahead and backward simultaneously. I am always curious and constantly considering outcomes and results, intention and play.

Artist Statement

The daily routines of walking through forests, parks, and countryside of wildlife, flora and fauna followed by engagement with city streets, glass and artificial light interweave and inform as I create and explore the interaction and juxtaposition of various materials. In doing so, I recall the shared experiences grounded in each of us-- creating a perceptual and spiritual relationship for recognition of self and solace. This approach to the identification of the individual with landscape and environment is enlarged by a desire to discover and contact the particular indwelling essence or energy of clarity.

This body of work is a response to the world around and within us. The relationships are interwoven. Nature’s handiwork impresses and informs all matter –present and passed, permanent and ephemeral, physical and virtual. Layers of materials and recollection create perceptual and spiritual relationships that serve as a locus for grounding.  In my March 2023 solo exhibit, Clarity, I reflected on shared isolation, the impacts of repetitious exposure, and salvation. Using both found natural materials and fabricated cast-offs and scraps, I focused on composition, recurrent pattern, minimalist form, and color to create a response to the fragile systems of beauty and the power that exist in both the natural world and urban landscapes.  I found all of this is accessible through the contemplative creative process of perception, felt by allowing oneself to relax and use all five senses.

Artist Biography

Luanne E Witkowski is an artist working in a wide range of media and reflective social practice. Using mixed materials and processes her constructions, paintings, prints, and multi-media exhibits are reflections on observations of the natural world and humanity through her experiences creating environmental and site-specific installations. Luanne’s pieces reflect her curiosity and interest in ephemera vs eternal.

Her works are in collections throughout the United States and abroad. She has been a member of the Kingston Gallery in Boston since 2005 and is affiliated with various galleries in Provincetown and Gloucester, MA. Her organization affiliations include the United South End Artists, Mission Hill Artist Collective, and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Witkowski is a recipient of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Lifetime Achievement in Art & Commerce Commendation, UMB Faculty Award, and Wellfleet Boathouse AIR.

In addition to her studio practice, she is the Assistant Design Studio Director, adjunct faculty, LR-MFA Mentor and 2019 AIR at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She teaches Creative Thinking in the Critical & Creative Thinking (CCT) graduate program at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.