ARTIST STATEMENT
Painting from land, place and culture
Lake Ontario and Muskoka Watersheds
My current thoughts.........Backyard and Beyond
I choose subjects based on my observations in the places and spaces I live, constructing compositions from experiential reality. The paintings are perceptions of change that have altered the environment, bringing to mind and revealing the unseen stories in the landscape. This new series, Backyard and Beyond are painted images that have symbolic narratives in terms of their interconnectedness to the land, resilience, survival, documenting environmental changes in the landscapes I inhabit. I incorporate mediums and materials that directly come from the land, and the community. In the past I painted local landscapes on reused press plates, on the reverse of these paintings were the stories of people and events that shaped the communities' landscapes. I continue to mine local landscape for materials making natural pigments specificiy wild grape from the shores of Lake Ontario and wild elder berry from the Muskoka River. My subjects connect to the fragility of ecosystems affected by urban sprawl and identify all landscapes through experiential cultural narratives.
Painting from land, place and culture
Lake Ontario and Muskoka Watersheds
My current thoughts.........Backyard and Beyond
I choose subjects based on my observations in the places and spaces I live, constructing compositions from experiential reality. The paintings are perceptions of change that have altered the environment, bringing to mind and revealing the unseen stories in the landscape. This new series, Backyard and Beyond are painted images that have symbolic narratives in terms of their interconnectedness to the land, resilience, survival, documenting environmental changes in the landscapes I inhabit. I incorporate mediums and materials that directly come from the land, and the community. In the past I painted local landscapes on reused press plates, on the reverse of these paintings were the stories of people and events that shaped the communities' landscapes. I continue to mine local landscape for materials making natural pigments specificiy wild grape from the shores of Lake Ontario and wild elder berry from the Muskoka River. My subjects connect to the fragility of ecosystems affected by urban sprawl and identify all landscapes through experiential cultural narratives.
Works on Canvas
BACKYARD AND BEYOND
BACKYARD AND BEYOND
COMING SOON!
Last Stand
Acrylic on canvas. 2024 24 x36 inches.(canvas depth 1.5 inch) |
COMING SOON!
The Barred Owl that lived in the Forest
Acrylic on canvas. 2024 12 X 36 inches. (canvas depth 1.5 inch) |
Works on Canvas
BACKYARD AND BEYOND
BACKYARD AND BEYOND
Balsam Fir at the dock, 2024
Watercolour, Ink and gouache on hand made paper.
36 x 24 inches approx.
Watercolour, Ink and gouache on hand made paper.
36 x 24 inches approx.
WHERE THE WILD GRAPE GROW
Where the wild grape grows 1, 2024
Watercolour, gouache and ink on handmade paper. 36 x 24in. |
Where the wild grape grows 2, 2024
Watercolour, gouache and ink on handmade paper. 36 x 24in. |
Where the wild grape grows 3, 2024
Watercolour, gouache and ink on handmade paper
36 x 24 in.
Watercolour, gouache and ink on handmade paper
36 x 24 in.
Land Acknowledgment