About

Heyo! I’m Meredith Bratland. My website curious meredith is my online portfolio of all my creative projects from illustration, to podcasting, to pottery, and writing. I hope it appeals to the adventurous, the restless, and curious.

I’m a communications professional by day with multiple side-hustles over the years including a podcast/radio show, Migration Patterns. We currently live in Canmore, Alberta. In years prior, I’ve lived in Finland, Kenya, and Belgium.

Creative Projects

I’m curious about culture, I look for new perspectives, and I’m interested in the possibilities of exploring science with art.  I occasionally do some freelance writing, speaking engagements, and communications consulting. I’m interested in pursuing:

• Illustration projects
• Sketchnote opportunities with researchers looking to connect with the public
• Field research illustration

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Photo by Morgan Cox Photography

RIGHT NOW:  I spend my time reading, drawing, writing, and painting as my creative pursuits. For fitness and happy endorphins, you’ll find me hiking, running, curling, and snowboarding. My husband is from Belgium and he came to live with me in Canada in June of 2013; his influence has me experiencing Canada in a way I never had before.

A WHILE AGO: My long-term travels started in 2009 when I went on exchange to Finland, which created a travel monster with an insatiable desire to experience more. In Finland, I visited a Sami reindeer farm in Lapland, dogsled and ran in the forests, and then backpacked around western Europe. In 2011, I moved to Nairobi, Kenya for a communications internship at a hospital. I took advantage of my good fortunes and went on safari in the Maasai Mara as well as explored beach paradise on a motorcycle. In 2013, I moved to Belgium where I learned to finally cook a decent meal, soaked in European culture, and discovered the finer aspects of beer and wine.