Acrylic and map transfers on canvas

Connie Ryan, born and raised in Ireland, lives and works in the SF Bay Area, where she discovered a love of art and painting. She is an artist member of the nonprofit Valley Art Gallery in Walnut Creek. She exhibits her work in Valley Art Gallery and has also participated in juried shows at Marin MOCA; Sebastopol Center for the Arts; Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton; ACCI, Berkeley; Gearbox Gallery, Oakland; and Artworks Downtown, San Rafael.

My paintings are rooted in remembered landscapes where I explore ideas about land, memory and belonging. While often starting with a traditional landscape, I allow the paintings to move into abstraction in response to my memories, thoughts and feelings. Using paint, ink, collage and maps I create works that enhance our awareness of the beauty of the natural world, and contemplate what it means to belong in a place.