Hannah Seng draws from nature to inspire subject matter when she paints, and in turn she paints to inspire the curiosity she has in nature. Her artwork, acrylic, mostly on canvas or panel, explores negative space, movement, and form as much as it depicts the flora, fauna, and landscapes of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Having grown up and currently residing in Western NC, she has known the mountains her whole life and finds splendor at her doorstep.
While her color choices are not precise representations of what is actually seen in nature, they enhance the sumptuousness as she experiences it in the studio. Paint is an opportunity to play with color, to push its boundaries and awaken its very essence to evoke serenity or tension in the painting, and determine its entire mood. Her figure paintings settle deeper into a realm of magical narrative. Mostly depicting women including herself, these paintings explore her identity as a woman and her relationship with nature.