CANDACE ROANE

My work reflects my experience learning to observe my emotions while remaining unattached to the extent I’m currently able.

Whether that’s the electric joy arising through connection to the world and others, the paralyzing fear that tempts me to retreat into the darkest corners or the euphoric lightness that comes when I’m in a deep state of flow.

My earliest memories are universally connected with the feelings that accompanied them when they formed.

Not always succeeding in the very human childhood need to feel heard and seen in a rambunctious family where I was the third-born of four, I often experienced confusion, fear, and doubt in my child mind, which thrust me into a state of anxiety and an instinctive drive to escape the present moment. The natural state of inner peace that always felt like home always reliably returned when I found flow as a competitive runner, or when I allowed the music I loved to resonate within and fill me energetically.

As I get older and see myself move through different phases, one theme has remained present– the dark moments come. They are a part of the human experience.

Feeling lost and wrapped in darkness is like all things, impermanent, and this awareness which allows for non-attachment - is key to finding the way back to light.

I create art that translates every emotion I feel into an energy that can be experienced by others.

The materials, colors, and medium are ever-changing, just like my emotions.

mixed media

swirls - 2022 - present