Cartography Series
"After The Sudden Loss Of My Husband I Felt Adrift, Sad, Lost....
These Beautiful Old Canadian Maps Presented Themselves. Wonderful Archival Paper Representing A World That No Longer Exists Due To Climate Change, Passing Time, Mining, Energy Interests...
They Have Become Grief Work. Loving This Land, Celebrating It, Exploring It, Literally Trying To Find A Way, A Path, Learning Where We Are. Exploring. The Beautiful Basics Of Graphite, Ink, Paint, To Beading, Collaging, Adding Glass Tears So The Land Cries. Reaffirming My Place Here."
The Cartography Series is Canadian Government maps repurposed as the backdrop for images of Canadian concepts and wildlife. Subtle in their beauty they integrate the landscape with the images done in pencil, acrylic, pastel, ink, or gold and silver paint, collage, embroidery and beads.
A select amount currently available at Pulse Gallery at the Forks
A select amount currently available at Pulse Gallery at the Forks