Lainey Peltier

Lainey Peltier is a BFA student in Printmaking at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is profoundly influenced by experiences with land and seeks to explore the emotional connection between human and landscape.

My work explores quiet, intimate moments in natural and built landscapes. I have been profoundly shaped by my experiences with the landscape, and I draw inspiration from moments in my own life, particularly those in Colorado, Wyoming, and Iowa. I seek to capture reflective moments, where I enter into a relationship with the land and experience profound realization. I’m interested in how these moments function as a form of emotional experience, and how interactions with landscape can leave one with a sense of wonder and realization of truth.

I’m also interested in how we, as humans, take part in a symbiotic relationship with the land, both physically and emotionally, and in my practice, I explore how the landscape can act as a conduit for emotion. I find a range of emotions in the landscape, ranging from joy and wonder to loneliness and isolation. I seek to capture these sensations in my work, producing evocative objects that inspire an emotional state in the viewer.

I’m particularly interested in certain motifs that reappear throughout my work. Clouds, streetlights, and atmosphere fascinate me the most, and I’m always exploring new ways to depict these forms. For me, these motifs represent the most potent emotional experience, and I’m interested in exploring means of mark-making to most affectively capture these forms and sensations.

Ultimately, my work is about the interaction between emotion and landscape. In my practice, I seek to explore how the landscape can represent emotional experience and experiment with methods of mark-making that produce evocative, moving objects. I seek to inspire an emotional experience in the viewer, so that they, too, can take part in the profound, contemplative connection with the landscape.

Email: madelaine.peltier@colorado.edu

Website: laineypeltier.com

Instagram: @laineygracepeltier