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per month My name is Kurtis Brand and I'm an expat artist living and working in Guatemela, creating objects that document and express my experiences in this crazy magical country.
My family first arrived at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala for a well needed 4 month break from New York City. But quickly the people and the landscape took hold of me and I was creating new work like a madman using anything I could find, mostly quotidian materials and objects sourced locally, to make my art. Soon I began to embrace the natural materials used by indigenous Mayan people to make their crafts. The natural twine, plant dyes, and other sustainable materials I have found here are my favorite medium.
My work is always evolving with every new experience I have here. For example recently, I have used ash from the tragic and horrific volcano eruption that left so many dead and so many families homeless. Creating poetic abstract paintings only from the ash, I was able to sell some of these pieces to benefit the survivors and help them relocate into new homes provided by Habitat for Humanity.
The sustainable model is my favorite way of creating and selling work. It is a win win for me, for the gallery I am currently showing in, and especially for the people who receive a significant portion of the proceeds.
I hope you enjoy my work and become a patron to help support myself as an artist, to help support the arts, and especially to help support the many people in need in Guatemala. '
Right now, 20% of any support I receive will go to help the many families and survivors of the recent volcano eruption tragedy. I hope you will join me in my journey. Every piece I create tells a story of my Guatemalan experience.
Thanks for your time!
My family first arrived at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala for a well needed 4 month break from New York City. But quickly the people and the landscape took hold of me and I was creating new work like a madman using anything I could find, mostly quotidian materials and objects sourced locally, to make my art. Soon I began to embrace the natural materials used by indigenous Mayan people to make their crafts. The natural twine, plant dyes, and other sustainable materials I have found here are my favorite medium.
My work is always evolving with every new experience I have here. For example recently, I have used ash from the tragic and horrific volcano eruption that left so many dead and so many families homeless. Creating poetic abstract paintings only from the ash, I was able to sell some of these pieces to benefit the survivors and help them relocate into new homes provided by Habitat for Humanity.
The sustainable model is my favorite way of creating and selling work. It is a win win for me, for the gallery I am currently showing in, and especially for the people who receive a significant portion of the proceeds.
I hope you enjoy my work and become a patron to help support myself as an artist, to help support the arts, and especially to help support the many people in need in Guatemala. '
Right now, 20% of any support I receive will go to help the many families and survivors of the recent volcano eruption tragedy. I hope you will join me in my journey. Every piece I create tells a story of my Guatemalan experience.
Thanks for your time!
Tiers
Exclusive insight into my work
$10 or more per month
Get a link to photos, writings, ideas, digital sketches, drawings I have made around Guatemala (and the world) and discover firsthand the inspiration behind my work. This is a special insight into what makes my work what it is and where the inspiration comes from. Featured videos and photos, interviews with Guatemalan artists, market tours, adventures through the fascinating geography of this amazing country will be updated monthly. It's like having your own documentarian of an expat artist working in Guatemala provide new content each month.
Exclusive Collectors Portal 30% Off
$20 or more per month
If you are a collector, each month I want to offer a special 30% discount on one piece of art per month from my entire body of work. This special collectors portal will also grant you first access to see freshly finished work and you will be able to invest in new and unseen pieces. Buy up to one piece per month with discount. Even if you only buy one art work per year from me for $1000 you will still reap the rewards of this membership. And don't forget, right now, 30% of what I make from the sale of my work will benefit the survivors of the tragic Fuego volcano eruption in Guatemala. With support at this level you will also receive all of the benefits of the Tier 1 Insights Portal. After subscribing you will be given a special link to my entire body of work and will also be updated monthly with a link to my new work. If you are interested in buying art and understanding what went into the work, what inspired it and how it is made, and discovering a deeper understanding of how an artist creates, then please subscribe!
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$0 of $1,500 per month
$1500/ month would allow me to almost entirely fund my current art making activities and also allow me to donate 30% to local charities in Guatemala. This money would go to studio expenses, an assistant, materials, travel, and marketing costs. Currently 30% of these funds would go to Habitat for Humanity to help provide homes for survivors of the tragic volcanic eruptions in Guatemala.
My name is Kurtis Brand and I'm an expat artist living and working in Guatemela, creating objects that document and express my experiences in this crazy magical country.
My family first arrived at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala for a well needed 4 month break from New York City. But quickly the people and the landscape took hold of me and I was creating new work like a madman using anything I could find, mostly quotidian materials and objects sourced locally, to make my art. Soon I began to embrace the natural materials used by indigenous Mayan people to make their crafts. The natural twine, plant dyes, and other sustainable materials I have found here are my favorite medium.
My work is always evolving with every new experience I have here. For example recently, I have used ash from the tragic and horrific volcano eruption that left so many dead and so many families homeless. Creating poetic abstract paintings only from the ash, I was able to sell some of these pieces to benefit the survivors and help them relocate into new homes provided by Habitat for Humanity.
The sustainable model is my favorite way of creating and selling work. It is a win win for me, for the gallery I am currently showing in, and especially for the people who receive a significant portion of the proceeds.
I hope you enjoy my work and become a patron to help support myself as an artist, to help support the arts, and especially to help support the many people in need in Guatemala. '
Right now, 20% of any support I receive will go to help the many families and survivors of the recent volcano eruption tragedy. I hope you will join me in my journey. Every piece I create tells a story of my Guatemalan experience.
Thanks for your time!
My family first arrived at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala for a well needed 4 month break from New York City. But quickly the people and the landscape took hold of me and I was creating new work like a madman using anything I could find, mostly quotidian materials and objects sourced locally, to make my art. Soon I began to embrace the natural materials used by indigenous Mayan people to make their crafts. The natural twine, plant dyes, and other sustainable materials I have found here are my favorite medium.
My work is always evolving with every new experience I have here. For example recently, I have used ash from the tragic and horrific volcano eruption that left so many dead and so many families homeless. Creating poetic abstract paintings only from the ash, I was able to sell some of these pieces to benefit the survivors and help them relocate into new homes provided by Habitat for Humanity.
The sustainable model is my favorite way of creating and selling work. It is a win win for me, for the gallery I am currently showing in, and especially for the people who receive a significant portion of the proceeds.
I hope you enjoy my work and become a patron to help support myself as an artist, to help support the arts, and especially to help support the many people in need in Guatemala. '
Right now, 20% of any support I receive will go to help the many families and survivors of the recent volcano eruption tragedy. I hope you will join me in my journey. Every piece I create tells a story of my Guatemalan experience.
Thanks for your time!
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Tiers
Exclusive insight into my work
$10 or more per month
Get a link to photos, writings, ideas, digital sketches, drawings I have made around Guatemala (and the world) and discover firsthand the inspiration behind my work. This is a special insight into what makes my work what it is and where the inspiration comes from. Featured videos and photos, interviews with Guatemalan artists, market tours, adventures through the fascinating geography of this amazing country will be updated monthly. It's like having your own documentarian of an expat artist working in Guatemala provide new content each month.
Exclusive Collectors Portal 30% Off
$20 or more per month
If you are a collector, each month I want to offer a special 30% discount on one piece of art per month from my entire body of work. This special collectors portal will also grant you first access to see freshly finished work and you will be able to invest in new and unseen pieces. Buy up to one piece per month with discount. Even if you only buy one art work per year from me for $1000 you will still reap the rewards of this membership. And don't forget, right now, 30% of what I make from the sale of my work will benefit the survivors of the tragic Fuego volcano eruption in Guatemala. With support at this level you will also receive all of the benefits of the Tier 1 Insights Portal. After subscribing you will be given a special link to my entire body of work and will also be updated monthly with a link to my new work. If you are interested in buying art and understanding what went into the work, what inspired it and how it is made, and discovering a deeper understanding of how an artist creates, then please subscribe!