Kandace Pierce

My art practice is a rhythmic cycle: I paint to travel, and I travel to paint. I am a full-time landscape painter and a recovering interior designer. After a fifteen-year career managing and planning corporate hospitality projects, I happily escaped the corporate world in 2020 to focus on the intimate scale of a brushstroke.

Traveling intentionally allows me to step away from everyday distractions, clearing the mental space needed to focus on the vital role of play within a studio practice. Immersive artist residencies in the past have directly led to major growth in my practice, pushing me to experiment with new techniques, embrace vulnerability, and uncover deeper narratives within the landscape.

My work is rooted in deep outdoor observation and the vital importance of play within a studio practice. Whether I am up before dawn chasing a unique horizon line, working out of a lightweight watercolor journal on a remote trail, or translating those quick studies into large oil paintings back in my studio, I strive to capture the true essence of a moment. By letting go of perfectionism, my practice focuses entirely on uncovering deeper narratives within the land, sharing those stories to reconnect others to the wild spaces that recharge us. My studio practice is centered around connection.