Daisy Crane

My work explores the ways human-made and natural materials interact with our environmental, spiritual, and cultural landscapes. From micro to macro, liquid to solid, hard to soft, human to non-human—each element exists in an entangled world where order, categories, and binaries are blurred into an all-over composition full of bustling life and energy. Organic and rigid textures work together in order to discuss the tension between universal interdependence and the existence of non decomposable materials that disrupt ecological timelines, systems, and spaces. My paintings are visual stories that question the ways we deny, adore, and/or ignore the materials that define our lives and futures. In the end, my paintings search for the beauty of creation, joy, reciprocity and balance even in the face of climate collapse.

Daisy Crane completed her MA in Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego in 2020 and has since focused on combining her background in peace studies with her art practice. Daisy’s drawings, paintings, and written works explore the emotional, sensory, and cultural components of the climate crisis. In an effort to blur binaries and embrace ecological cosmologies, Daisy's paintings portray a combination of elements from the natural world, abstract marks, manufactured materials, and the human body. Daisy celebrates bewilderment and believes deeply in the power of intuitive practices. Daisy earned her BA and BFA from the University of Kansas in 2018, she was the Program Evaluator for Imagine Center of Conflict Transformation in 2019, and she is a co-author of “Addressing the Environment-Peace Nexus,” Peace Review, 2021. Daisy is also a care provider and educator for k-12 kiddos, an avid forest-bather, and a big fan of fungi.