Islande Constant
Islande is self-taught and art lover since she always works exclusively with acrylic. She was born in Haiti with two grandmother merchants and a mother seamstress. She studied art history, nothing prepared her to become a painter, she really started painting in 2019 after painful events. Over time, in these explorations, her experiences and online training, colors and shapes have taken their place. This evolution reflects her desire to express herself without using words.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
The most important thing for me is inspiration and creation. I have a real joy in filling a blank canvas with my feelings or passing a message. I work by instinct, I improvise movement, that's why I rarely make sketches.
I am often inspired by Philome Obin, Frida Kahlo, and Jackson Pollock. My style is a mixture of naive expressionism and calculated casting, guided by my studies in art history where I discovered these artists who have marked me. I am perpetually in search of inspiration, in everyday life, current events, and even in my loved ones, in short, my work represents my mood and my stories.
You will notice changes in the lines, the movements of the characters, and the nuances of the colors, over time, I have spent a lot of time studying the different types of colors to match, the reactions between them, such as transparency and opacity. I am aware that I do not respect the rules of art, I paint from the heart and emotions, sometimes my works may have similarities but each one tells its own story.
Islande is self-taught and art lover since she always works exclusively with acrylic. She was born in Haiti with two grandmother merchants and a mother seamstress. She studied art history, nothing prepared her to become a painter, she really started painting in 2019 after painful events. Over time, in these explorations, her experiences and online training, colors and shapes have taken their place. This evolution reflects her desire to express herself without using words.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
The most important thing for me is inspiration and creation. I have a real joy in filling a blank canvas with my feelings or passing a message. I work by instinct, I improvise movement, that's why I rarely make sketches.
I am often inspired by Philome Obin, Frida Kahlo, and Jackson Pollock. My style is a mixture of naive expressionism and calculated casting, guided by my studies in art history where I discovered these artists who have marked me. I am perpetually in search of inspiration, in everyday life, current events, and even in my loved ones, in short, my work represents my mood and my stories.
You will notice changes in the lines, the movements of the characters, and the nuances of the colors, over time, I have spent a lot of time studying the different types of colors to match, the reactions between them, such as transparency and opacity. I am aware that I do not respect the rules of art, I paint from the heart and emotions, sometimes my works may have similarities but each one tells its own story.
$480.00
Acrylic on canvas.
16x20"
Sometimes the scariest things are the most beautiful. When I was doing this painting my anxiety was at its peak.
$850.00
Acrylic on canvas.
16x24"
It took almost 3 years to realize what my subconscious had understood for a long time. In this work; it is to agree to move forward and leave certain things and certain people behind, but above all it is to leave a part of yourself behind that no longer has any use in the new chapters of our history. It is human nature to get attached, what is dangerous is to get used to it so much that it becomes a burden and prevents us from moving forward.
$650.00
Acrylic, gold pigments on canvas.
18x24"
Depression is an invisible and powerful enemy. From the outside everything may appear shiny and in control, this executioner does not take vacations, does not sleep and does not compete. If gray matter were pink, no one would have dark ideas. The technique used is casting on canvas with acrylic and gold pigment.
$2,582.00
Acrylic on canvas.
48x36"
Thanks to the creator for creating woman in his image. Woman, you are complete.
You are the guardian of restless sleep, you are the light in the dark, you are the guardian of translation. You are the vessel between two worlds and above all you are the neck and you turn the head
$2,582.00
Acrylic on canvas.
48x36"
Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and intire, laking in nothing.
_ I wanted to paint a family portrait which ended up as a self-portrait of my different facets
$2,365.00
Acrylic on canvas.
40x38"
Her name is, queen of no more sorow. It has two sides. Wise and wild, good and evil, yin and yang. For me, she represents a fighter savoring her victory and keeping herself ready and full of wisdom . “That’s life” isn’t it?
$480.00
Acrylic on canvas.
16x20"
Sometimes a little electric blue don't hurt unless it's in the brain
$500.00
Acrylic on canvas.
16x24"
The most beautiful blessing in life is to be best friends with your mother, the worst curse, your mother is your enemy. If that doesn't destroy your life, you're a force of nature.
$500.00
Acrylic on canvas.
16x24"
In life we are hit either by a nice or a mean person. In reality, for some it is a perpetual battle between good and evil that lives in us. I chose to adopt both, I was cut off a wing one day, I did not choose this war I was imposed. Peace or war, I’m ready.
$2,160.00
Acrylic on canvas.
40x36x2"
It's not me and my mother, it's the representation of my mother and me in a dream. This woman has been an example throughout my life, in my subcontien she has always been present. In many ways, I am very similar to her and at the same time so different. In this painting two women discussing for the last time.
$2,160.00
Acrylic on canvas.
36x40"
Without roots, this is how many of us feel after the loss of loved ones, but are we really?
Like the Tillandsia I am persistent and resilent. I do not need a suitable environment in order to save myself, I cling freely to life, my head filled with dreams and I move forward.
