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Meet the Bison, also described as Buffalo, once found across much of Canada in vast herds, and hunted nearly to extinction in the 1800's, to satisfy the European market for furs. This Bison is a digital image created from an original analogue source, the silhouette of the Bison is cut out of a piece of paper which began life as a road map. The paper map is becoming an obsolete object, and I'm enjoying the creative challenge of recycling old maps I've used for motorcycle trips. My riding buddies have contributed maps too. The cutout of the animal, either in negative or positive space, in black or white, is then combined with map backgrounds (or foregrounds) on the flatbed of my scanner, creating ephemeral art that only exists digitally, although it shows traces of it's analogue origins in various ways; where the pieces of paper show space between them, or where the cut edges of the paper are uneven. This series of animal silhouettes began as an exploration of the forms of animals I see in my day to day life on the west coast, or in my childhood growing up in Ontario. As the series develops further, I'm exploring animals that have been important in Canada's development as a nation, either economically or historically or ecologically. The fur trade was partly responsible for Canada being settled by Europeans, and also how the Bison came to be hunted very close to extinction (after millennia of successful population management by Canada's indigenous people). As a person of European ancestry born in Canada I acknowledge my settler privilege, and I undertake to show respect for the beautiful land I'm grateful to inhabit now.
Print:Giclee on Canvas
Size:16 W x 12 H x 1.25 D in
Size with Frame:17.75 W x 13.75 H x 1.25 D in
Frame:White
Canvas Wrap:White Canvas
Ready to Hang:Yes
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Canada
Born in Toronto Ontario, I'm now fortunate enough to live on the west coast of Canada, and I'm completely in love with the natural environment around me. While my art is seldom a literal representation of my landscape, the natural world I walk through informs the textures, lines and colours in my work. I'm presenting a series of animal silhouette images, of Canadian wildlife, mostly west coast creatures, including Elk, Bear, Orca, Starfish, Deer, Bison, Beaver, Salmon and Cod. This series of silhouettes will be developed in a variety of medium, the 'Dropcloth' series uses backgrounds created using the paper that covers my work surface when I paint, and the 'Maps' series uses old paper maps used for motorcycle touring in Canada. The Pen and Ink series explores using black lines to define positive and negative space of animal silhouettes, by using lines represent textures of plants and also to outline the shapes of animals. The animal silhouette series has expanded to include trees and clouds, so the creatures have an environment. In 2022 I'm expanding my offerings with paintings as well as collages and drawings.
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