Exhibition No. 3

Our souls can be moved by the act of simply being in the forest. The process of renewal and new life that takes place at the base of giants is a constant cycle of life, death and life again; not unlike our own human lives. A network of roots, moss, fungi, and creatures entangle themselves in the magic of each other’s webs of restoration and regrowth.

A series of paintings have emerged from the observation of the shapes, colours and silences of Canada’s boreal forests and the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, honouring the ancients and not so ancients. Messages for the environment are particularly important in this seemingly time of loss for our planet’s wildest places. Born in eastern Canada, and informed by the natural world, sky and ever changing atmosphere. I have a deep love of the earth, growing things and the environment as its impact on our lives provides a richness of inspiration and a deeper meaning to my work.