LAND AS ART 

A Practice of Attunement *

My artistic practice started back in 2021 when a friend asked to join her in The 100 Days of Practice initiative. She was going through the loss of her father, and I wanted to adjacently support her.

Little did I know it would be the start of a body of work that documents my attunement and conscious dissolve between inner and outer landscapes.

presence is the medium

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presence is the medium •

BODIES OF WORK

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A watercolour painting that uses tea and sumi ink, or two hands with closed eyelids on each palm. Above on the painting is two birds. The painting is in a notebook on the grass.
An image of an outlined woman who has been colour in and around with shades of blue, purple, and flame-looking colours at her feet.

Inner Roots, Outer Trees
On-going

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Colour My Aura
100 Auras

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Dream Depictions
100 Dreams

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A Deck of Sorts
On-going

Divination Deck

Fire Sculptures
On-going

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Inner Roots, Outer Trees


This series is about sit-spotting with trees. Led by curiosity and driven by direct experience, I dabbled in forest bathing. Fascinated by the proven benefits of regulating one’s blood pressure, nervous system, and mood, I undertook this practice as a form of self-study.


The materials include: discarded charcoal, unused watercolour pages from a discarded journal, and an offering in the form of tea, water, tobacco, or fire. Every drawing is documented in its time and place with natural lighting. Unaltered, unfussed, and as it was. The limitation of not being able to amend, edit, or change the medium is reflective of the natural world. There is an acceptance and embrace of what is.

Soon-to-be published in LandEscape's Biennial Edition 2025

  • A notebook lying on the grass, with a sumi ink and tea watercolour painting of two hands, palm-side up. Each hand features a closed eyelid with lashes and doodles. Above them are two birds soaring.

  • A notebook lying in the snowy soil that features a sumi ink and tea painting of a human figure before a tangle of tree branches. The figure is all white and created using negative space.

  • A notebook lying in the snow that has a sumi ink and tea painting of a tree trunk, branches and a little bird in the center.

  • A notebook lying on ice, with a sumi ink and tea watercolour painting of a tree trunk. The shape is just barely there and features an arched "window". It represents a portal.

  • A notebook lying in the snow, with a sumi ink and tea watercolour painting of tree branches swarmed by a cloud. The cloud is made of many brush strokes and feels chaotic and controlled. Busy brain tree.

  • A notebook lying in the snow that has a sumi ink and tea watercolour painting of a woman's face among the bare winter trees.

  • A notebook lying in the snow, with a sumi ink and tea watercolour painting of an illustrated whale. It says "I follow my whale song". The whole image is made up of wavy, watery lines.

  • A notebook lying in the snow that has a sumi ink and tea painting of illustrative bobcats. It reads "Bobcat spirit, laissez- faire, stealth, all black, non-chalent, focus, calculated, composed." It looks a fun wallpaper.

  • A notebook lying in the grass that has a charcoal drawing of a mug with billowing steam going around a tree trunk. It says "there is always a way."

  • A very small notebook is being held up with charcoal drawing in a rocky desert. The drawing is of a Joshua Tree in Joshua Tree National Park.

  • A notebook lying in the dirt that has a charcoal drawing of a woman lying in the rock face.

  • A notebook lying in the dirt, has a charcoal drawing of a Noah Purifoy sculpture. The piece looks like a building with a round roof, but is otherwise very block-like. It says "Do you like my neighbour" along the side of the page.

  • A notebook held above sunkissed dirt that has a charcoal drawing of a the Los Angeles skyline with a spindly tree in the foreground. There is a tree stump featuring radiating rays. It reads "L.A."

  • A notebook lying in the snow that has a sumi ink and tea watercolour painting of tree trunks with various textures. It says "Snake's are not the only ones who shed their skin".

  • A notebook lying in the snow that has a sumi ink and tea watercolour painting of a woman in a snowsuit with branches coming out her head and roots growing up into her feet. Within her being the trees are intertwined.

  • A notebook lying in the snow that has a sumi ink and tea watercolour painting, taken at night. The image is dark and features black paint staining the snow and a chaotic messy scribble on the paper.

  • A notebook lying in the snow that has a sumi ink and tea watercolour painting of hands holding a mug in front of a human heart. The human heart is enclosed in a torso shaped like a heart emoji. The gut of the being is a dense meadow. Above is a bird.

  • A notebook lying in the grass that has a sumi ink and tea painting of two hands holding a mug, where the fingertips have jewels on them. The fingers make it look like the mug of tea is wearing a crown. Royal-tea.

  • A notebook lying on the leafy grass that has a sumi ink and tea watercolour painting of a figure hugging a tree in the moonlight. It's nighttime as a squirrel reaches for a pumpkin and its bushy tail is upright, leading into the figure.

Colour My Aura


This series started it all. After learning to perceive auras, under the mentorship of a Taiwanese shamanic practitioner based in Vancouver, Canada, I entered into my first 100 Day practice of cultivating this skill.


The art was created by using a digital stencil of a female figure and colouring the areas around her, based on what was seen in the mind's eye. Through this meditative process, I began to understand how whole foods and their colours relate to our being, as well as the energy connection of each body part.


Using markers from my days at Uni, I documented my meditations daily. Materials and co-creators also include lavender essential oil, coconut oil, and paper. With a knowledge of meridians and plant spirits, we worked in tandem to witness and translate my aura.


See all 100 Auras at a glance on Instagram @colourmyaura.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. She has chartreuse, white speckles, a purple dot on her head, and pink legs. Her feet are red and her head is yellow.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. Her aura is outlined in lime green and her hands have lime green orbs. Her palms have pink dots. Her overall aura is light grey with grey cheetah print dots.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. A blue aura with a pink and mustard colour sash. The outline is navy blue. Her mouth is red. The left side of her is turqouise. Her feet are surrounded by pinky peach.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. Her aura is predominantly grey but centred around her heart is an explosion of colour. There is pink, red, yellow, blue, teal, grey and black. A storm of energy.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. Her top half is turmeric yellow. Her hips are crimson red. Her legs peachy pink. The whole aura is outlined in light green. She has purple spirit bubbles floating around her head.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. Her aura is made up of wavy stripes. Coral, lavender, light turquoise. At her heart is a splatter of dark purple. She has periwinkle cloud blobs about her shoulders.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. Like a purple arrowhead, portal or vulva. There is a spearhead of purple layers. Her feet are a confetti of colour. Outlined by a gold colour.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. A lime green aura with cyan blue over the left shoulder. She has turmeric yellow on the right side of her torso. Her inner thighs have magenta and pink. Her feet are a lavender haze.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. A peachy pink aura with red speckles dancing about her shoulders. Her crown and lower legs are in pools of lime and emerald green.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. A blue aura sliced nearly in half. The bottom is a mix of blues. The top is a swirl of peach, red, and light green.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. Magenta right shoulder. Red left arm. Teal lower half. Lower legs in waves of blue. Head in waves of yellow.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. A purple grey aura outlined by forest green. Left shoulder has a coral blob. Light blue dots. Blue wavy feet.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. A caramel coloured aura with emerald green and yellow sections. Outlined in peach.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. Lavender haze aura with orange orbs on palms and feet. Orbs are surrounded by daffodil yellow. Olive green outlines the entire being. Turquoise and teal head.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. Golden yellow with a pink face, crimson red blob near the gut, and a forest green bit on the left upper thigh. Magenta right knee. Joy and fulfillment.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. An explosion of pastel colours from the yellow chakra centres. Pink, blue, taupe, purples and blue.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. Her aura is poo brown with black scribbles coming from her center. The outline is red. Her feet are slate blue.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. Navy blue with yellow sparkles. Head and palms in lavender. Feet in light turquoise. Light yellow outline.

  • An outline of a female figure coloured with markers. Egg-shaped aura made up of red, pink, periwinkle blue, and golden yellow.

Dream Depictions


To have the ability to remember one's dreams in technicolour, with full clarity, is both a blessing and a curse. This 100 Day practice explored the visual and written translation of those dreams.


I created boundaries around the practice by only documenting one dream per night. And by collaborating with the Dream Maker, I had to work at the pace of my dreams. Sometimes I went days in a row, and others I had to wait. Colours are vivid and full of meaning, leading to the assumption that the wisdom acquired from aura perceiving carried over into the dream world.


To now view my dreams, years later, I am able to play to with time as a medium. The final pieces are ever-changing in their relevance and meaning to my inner and outer landscapes.


See all 100 Dreams at a glance on Instagram @colourmyaura.

  • A digital illustration of a white SUV on a magenta background. There are blue grey fumes coming out of the vehicle and the words "I will be fine."

  • A digital illustration of a black and white animal curled up around a heart. It is on a forest green background and the animal is being cradled by peachy arms.

  • A digital illustration of a woman with a bun trying to hold back the red cursive words spewing from her mouth. The background is bright cyan.

  • A digital illustration of a pinky, magenta swirled brick. The background is charcoal grey.

  • A digital illustration of a bath tub in an all-glass, see through room. Outside is the sun and sun soaked hills. The floor is cobbled with red.

  • A digital illustration of a grey labradoodle with her front arms bent. Behind her is a broken heart and tear drops falling from the sky. The background is purple.

  • A digital illustration of a blue windbreaker with a red panel. Behind it is a UK phone booth. In the foreground are arms embracing. The background is light blue.

  • A digital illustration of a woman's mouth, pink lips, with things coming out of it. There is also a little backpack in the top right corner. The background is blue.

  • A digital illustration of two people swimming. There's a red sun in front of a golden haze. White bricks are dissolving into the sea. In front a woman reaches for them. The background is light blue waves in a dark blue sea.

  • A digital illustration of an inverted heart. It looks like a vulva with a clitoris. The background is dark purple. It says "B is dating a girl"

  • A digital illustration of a curly haired brown dog. He has a penis. Behind him is a snaking waterslide that leads to a ladder. The background is orange.

  • A digital illustration of tow magenta ladders. Behind it is a Roman coliseum where a woman is falling from high above.The background is indigo.

  • A digital illustration of a dog in a cage. Two big eyes are watching it from below. Behind it is a ladder and steps. The background is light mint.

  • A digital illustration of a young girl in the wave pool at a water park. There are blossom trees with their white petals flowing about.The background has a waterslide and is pastel pink.

  • A digital illustration of a man swimming in a water flame. One half of the flame-like shape is all dark blue. The other is more like a pool. It says "Man on Fire". The background is bright cyan.

  • A digital illustration of a woman with a bun releasing turds from her mouth. There is also a Crunchie chocolate bar wrapper and a grey dog. She has cherry pink lips. The background is petal pink.

  • A digital illustration a women's white lacy outfit. She has a red sporta bra and charcoal shorts under a lacy, tailored outfit. The background isa deep magenta

  • A digital illustration of the back of a woman's head. Her hair is missing from her back crown. The background is bright cyan.

  • A digital illustration of a set dining table. The chairs have cushions, the plates are blue and there is a menu. The background is dark mustard.

A Deck of Sorts


This is an ever-growing series, birthed from a personal reaction to what I am experiencing in personal development work, entrepreneurship, spirituality, pop culture, and as a millennial.


Originally created to accompany thought leadership posts on LinkedIn, these series has become it's own thing. In time it will be a deck that speaks to the energetic shifts that taken place entrepreneurship. The collages are created digitally using imagery from Pexels and home photos.


These can be seen in context, on my blog The Croneicle.

  • Collaged peacock with a mustard yellow circle behind it in the top left corner to represent the sun. In a field at sunset.

  • A digital collage of a white gloved hand holding a silver tray upside down. On the tray is a blue and white porcelain vase with in-bloom pink flowers. Behind is a desert scene.

  • A collage of 3 wolves looking in alternating directions. The top wolf stares at a cream circle on a kaleidoscope background.

  • A woman holding a glass cube in front of her face. In the foreground are poppies and behind her are tulips.

  • A woman in a red blouse, with red lipstick, wearing a diamond suit of armour. Behind her are tulips and a faded blue sky. She feels very Joan of Arc.

  • A digital collage where a mid-30s woman is peaking over a Canadian goose wing. Below the wings is a photo of the same woman, maybe 4 years old, looking shy and mischievous. There's a misty forest behind them.

  • A little girl, maybe 3 years old has been cutout and in her silhouette is lavender and yellow gradient. The rest of the image is of a landscape of rocks and wheat with an overcast sky.

  • A little girl, maybe 3 years old is wearing a panelled baseball hat, windbreaker, and floral print overalls. She is cutout and places on a lavender background with a daffodil yellow spotlight gradient.

  • A collage image of a red house in the forest with a magenta and black cosmic planet in the top right corner.

  • A hand holding up a card that says "full expression" covering up the head of a deer in a meadow.

  • A rocket blasting off into space with flames behind it and a dark cloud of smoke beneath it. A small Witchen logo is on the spaceship.

  • A woman's hand, with red fingernails, holding a snake. In the background is a picture of Taylor Swift on her Eras tour wearing a snake-inspired sequin outfit.

  • A collage with hands holding an open treasure chest with crystals and jewels coming out of it. A massive diamond on a black background with rainbow light reflection.

Fire Sculptures


Ceremony is the greatest way we can consciously connect. It has an honouring that only tradition and time can give. My favourite practice is to take what needs to be burned. What needs to be released and is of the earth and creates a beautiful portal into death. I become an usher of alchemy.

Often using scrap wax, fallen branches, discarded paperwork, and dried flowers I build altars within the firepit. As I sculpt the fire starter and arrange the hearth, a new life is given to those long forgotten. A collective beauty emerges, and there is a remembrance that we are all going to die. Done with grace and intention, this practice stimulates all senses and in its simplest form reminds us that change is always possible, if not inevitable.

Pumpkins are my medium of choice come Halloween.

Fire ceremony reels can be viewed on Instagram @janweile.

  • A backyard firepit lit with candle sticks to feel like an altar. A basket lies in the grass nearby and the sky is dusk.

  • A painting of a little girl holding dreamcatcher balloons. The canvas is made up of two by four wood slates hammered together.

  • A painting done on wooden slabs has been dismantled and lies in a stack on a cement bench.

  • A fire pit with an altar-like decoration around it. A small fire is going in the center.

  • A wooden painting dismantled and assembled to make a fire starting teepee

  • A tiny silver bell that looks like a woman wearing and old-fashioned pilgrim dress. On either side of her are dead roses. They sit atop the fire pit ledge with ashes in the air.

  • A faerie house made out of a pumpkin for halloween.

  • A pumpkin with holes carved out of it so the lgiht radiates out like a disco ball. It sits on concrete steps among leaves. Shot from above.

  • A pumpkin with holes carved out of it so the lgiht radiates out like a disco ball. It sits on concrete steps among leaves.

  • An intricate pumpkin with a black painted mask made out of lines. Among the linework there are carved out pieces. The pumpkin is lit and under a bush.

  • A glowing pumpkin with hand painted wings and atop a tree trunk. Beneath it are two faux candlesticks.

  • Two hands cut out of black construction paper attached to the back of a chair. In front a candle glows through bubbled glass atop a leaf pile on the chair.

Artist Statement

Justine Anweiler is a mixed media artist from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She studied visual communications at the Alberta University of the Arts (formerly ACAD) and recently returned to Calgary after a decade in London, where she worked as an award-winning book cover designer at Pan Macmillan and as an experience designer for Lululemon. Her work has been featured in Creative Review, where she was interviewed about her creative process.

After leaving the confines of the rectangle, her practice evolved into designing experiences that connect humans with their inner and outer landscapes. Her practice begins with time outdoors – ritual, wandering, and a deep curiosity for place.

She discovers landscapes experientially through people, their beliefs, food, and cultural stories. Through discovery, documentation, and expression, her work becomes a bridge between tradition and transmission. Mediums are chosen intuitively and may include gatherings, ethnobotanical studies, or visual expressions in collage, painting, photography, writing, or installation.

A central theme in her work is cultivating expressions that awaken a sense of nature within. Through documenting her own growth and connection to place, she invites the viewer into an experience of their own.

Artists Who Inspire
A candle holder mounted on the wall made out of brass looking metal and a seashell.

Jane Lee
Malaysia

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Alana Burns
Mexico

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Kelsey Wickwire
United States

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Sarah Espeute
France

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“I felt both supported and well-guided throughout the experience. While the entire process made sense, the outcomes were not entirely predictable, which I truly appreciate. Sometimes, self-discovery workshops can feel very repetitive, but with her, I found a nuanced perspective that greatly enriched my journey in building my personal brand.”

Alejandra Matallana, Co-founder of tie-dye
Strategic Designer, Creative Alchemist

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