Hannah Magnuson

 I’ve always described my art as an acquired taste. I am drawn to creating work that explores darker, more morbid imagery, often inspired by pieces, objects, emotions, and imagery that catch my attention. I love the idea of taking something beautiful and tainting it—allowing beauty and discomfort to exist together within the same piece. I consider much of my work to be expressionist. My pieces do not always have one direct or predetermined meaning. Instead, they are created through emotion, instinct, experimentation, and the process of putting something internal into a physical form. My work often combines traditional materials such as acrylic paint, watercolor, and charcoal with unconventional natural and found materials including bones, teeth, flowers, thorns, insects, string, nails, clay, and other objects. Any bones or insects incorporated into my artwork are found already deceased in nature. As I have continued to heal, I’ve noticed a change in my artwork. More color has gradually begun finding its way into my pieces. My work still allows space for darkness, discomfort, and difficult emotions, but it has also become a record of change. For me, art does not have to give every experience a clear explanation. Sometimes creating it, giving it a physical form, and allowing it to exist outside of yourself is enough. 

Message of Hope:  Healing does not always mean becoming a completely different person or erasing the darker parts of your story. Sometimes healing happens quietly. There is room for darkness and growth to exist at the same time. There is value in creating through every version of yourself. 

Contact

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