Bree Hyland studied painting and drawing at NSCAD University (BFA 2014). She currently lives and works in Scots Bay, Nova Scotia / Sipekne’katik one of the seven regions of Mi’kma’ki, Canada. Bree’s process of drawing and painting generates unexpected outcomes, seeking to invent simple and direct forms of representation that weave together various painting traditions and diverse subject matter from folk art, medieval illuminated manuscripts, botanical illustrations, high fashion photography, pre Renaissance art and early modernist painting. Bree’s projects have received the support of Arts Nova Scotia, Canada Council for the Arts, and she is a seasonal faculty member at Ross Creek Centre for the Arts and NSCAD University.