Joni Landreneau

@jonikamil

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I’m a Louisiana artist working from the Mamou Cajun Prairie, creating abstract ink and watercolor paintings alongside handcrafted jewelry under the name Light From Stars. I’ve been working with ink and watercolor since I was very young, drawn to the balance between structure and unpredictability and that same visual language now extends into the jewelry I design. My work is rooted in intuition, layering, and the natural world. In painting, bright flowing color and gestural ink marks allow images to emerge rather than be forced. In jewelry, I translate those same ideas into material combining metal, stones, vintage elements, and natural textures to create pieces that feel personal, tactile, and quietly expressive. My artistic journey has been one of returning: returning to materials, to instinct, and to the idea that small objects can hold expansive meaning. Influenced by the natural world of South Louisiana, celestial themes, and a love of contrast, my work across both mediums reflects a shared curiosity about light, emotion, and process.

Artist Statement

I work in abstract ink and watercolor alongside handcrafted jewelry, using both as ways to explore composition, balance, and material. My paintings begin with loose washes and intuitive marks, where ink creates structure and watercolor introduces movement. I’m interested in letting forms emerge naturally rather than forcing an image. Jewelry continues that same process in a different scale. Material choices such as stone, metal, texture, and spacing become the composition. I approach each piece the way I approach a painting, paying attention to contrast, irregularity, and small details that create presence. I see jewelry as small sculpture and painting as expanded gesture. Each informs the other. The layering, contrast, and subtle irregularities that exist in my paintings reappear in the objects I create to be worn, allowing the work to move from wall to body while carrying the same visual language.