Exhibition No. 4

Colleen Reid’s artwork explores ideas of nature, beauty and the man-made world as well as their intertwined relationships. She likes to play with collage, gel transfer prints and her photographic images of the world around her. Colleen loves the meditative act of stippling lines with nib and ink and exploring the extensive happy accidents of the ragged edges of gel transfers. She looks for the beautiful patterns in nature and explore their juxtaposition with man-made objects as well as ourselves.

Colleen has always been intrigued by the beauty in the decline of nature: Dying vines, flowers and leaves. Walking in the forest in the fall you are surrounded by incredible beauty, never mind just walking through the back alleys of west Hamilton. She finds the skeletal remains of weeds and flowers, sometimes covered with small drifts of snow, absolutely stunning.

Her desire is to share the beauty, joy and comfort she finds in nature, as well as share her awe and respect for nature, particularly in this difficult period of time.