Tag: nostalgia
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Love is touching souls
Earlier this summer, I was gifted a found photograph. It was a lovely group portrait of Québécois tourists in the Rocky Mountains. I’m assuming it was taken in Alberta (I can’t identify the exact mountain), and I’m not sure when the photo dates from, but I’m guessing sometime in the early 1960s perhaps. There are…
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Lying down in blue
Here are some more photos from the Blue series that I made in my last week at Ox-Bow: ***** *****
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A Skewed Point of View
I was going through some old photographs for the Domogeneous Q&A interview, and I found these photos that I took when I was eight or nine. It was a fashion shoot that I did with my younger sister and my little cousin. I remember they got all dressed up in their fashion outfits (you gotta…
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A Contemporary Woman – Paris to London to Vancouver
I will be taking part in my first live auction coming up next week. I’m very excited as I’ve never had any work in an auction, let alone a live auction, so I’m not sure what to expect! The auction and event will be held at Maynards Fine Art & Antiques in Vancouver, in their…
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Loop: Revisiting the past
A running theme through my work is the past, whether it be recollections of memories, nostalgia or histories. I met up with an old friend recently, and it got me thinking about how revisiting the past can be important in understanding our present. This goes for life and also for my art, as I sometimes…