Today I work primarily with photographs as my raw material. The digital constructions that emerge are made up of many bits and pieces of photographic material. The excitement of working digitally comes from the freedom it affords. Experimentation is integral to a process that allows me to manipulate and recombine elements in a myriad of ways. Creating digitally holds the same fascination for me that molding clay afforded years ago. Both have an element of surprise and unpredictability. Both can be molded in an endless number of ways to produce a synergy that is both controlled and unexpected.
2084
Digital Media
Height: 48” Width: 90“
What price will we pay for our inaction in 2084?
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The Rules
Digital Media
Height: 31” Width: 30“
In Kampala, my ‘second home’, schools post rules as guidelines for acceptable behaviour. Breaking them results in strict disciplinary measures. Obedience is prized but at what cost?
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Evening Walk
Digital Media
Height: 31” Width: 25“
It’s the end of summer. Dusk descends sooner. There is a breath of Fall in the air. Soon our steps will become more hurried and our thoughts more purposeful.
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The Neighbourhood Smells Good
Digital Media
Height: 31” Width: 20.6“
When the nose leads, the familiar retains the excitement of the new
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Perceived Threat
Digital Media
Height: 45” Width: 65“
Who’s there? Release the labradoodle! Shutter the mansion and dust off the firearms!
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Walkabout
Digital Media
Height: 23” Width: 26“
A journey through nature leading back to oneself
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Under the Yum Yum Tree
Digital Media
Height: 40” Width: 38“
Someone ate the forbidden fruit. Where is the sin? I see only the miracle.
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Ascension
Digital Media
Height: 38” Width: 20“
Somewhere in the creative process when things start falling into place, brain and body settle into a deeply satisfying synergy. There emerges a sense of limitless possibilities free of doubt and self-criticism. This is the fourth of a series
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Free Spirit
Digital Media
Height: 31.5” Width: 14.5“
Somewhere in the creative process when things start falling into place, brain and body settle into a deeply satisfying synergy. There emerges a sense of limitless possibilities free of doubt and self-criticism. This is the third of a series
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Ms Helliwell Goes to Africa
Digital Media
Height: 31” Width: 14“
Somewhere in the creative process when things start falling into place, brain and body settle into a deeply satisfying synergy. There emerges a sense of limitless possibilities free of doubt and self-criticism. This is the second of a series
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Chief of Staff
Digital Media
Height: 42” Width: 23“
Somewhere in the creative process when things start falling into place, brain and body settle into a deeply satisfying synergy. There emerges a sense of limitless possibilities free of doubt and self-criticism. This is the first of a series
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Jericho Summer
Digital Media
Height: 55” Width: 52“
Jericho Park is a constant source of excitement, wonder and ever-changing scenery. Summer is a particularly beautiful season with its mulitple primary colors – yellows, pinks, reds, blues all congregate together to produce a rich and varied landscape.
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Jericho Spring
Digital Media
Height: 55” Width: 50“
Jericho Park in Vancouver is a magical place. Every season brings its own delights. In the Spring, Jericho flowers itself with yellow buttercups and purple lupine in a backdrop of greens. The dogs are part of the scenery. They love being there and are usually in my camera shot.
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Jerico Winter
(Left Side)
Digital Media
Height: 15” Width: 36“
Jericho Park is magical in all seasons but winter, with its muted colours and wetlands swelling with water, has a subtlety that renders it mysterious and beautiful.
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Jerico Winter
(Right Side)
Digital Media
Height: 15” Width: 36“
Jericho Park is magical in all seasons but winter, with its muted colours and wetlands swelling with water, has a subtlety that renders it mysterious and beautiful.
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MOAB
Digital Media
Height: 46.4” Width: 35“
Just as a child often makes sense of their world through fantasy play, this piece uses toys to depict the devastation of war. The title, MOAB, refers to the “mother of all bombs” which was recently dropped in Afghanistan by American military.
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Shadows on Hornby
Digital Media
Height: 16” Width: 36“
I go to Hornby Island every year and it never gets old. The rock formations, the light, the colours, the wild life all inspire me time after time. I love it in the winter when the island has few people and the beaches are deserted. On this particular day at Heron Rocks, I had fun photographing my shadow against the rocks.
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At Home
Digital Media
Height: 48” Width: 52“
What can one say about home? It’s the best place to be and the best to come back to. I love my home and my neighbourhood and the nature that surrounds it.
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Esther
Photography
Height: 22” Width: 28“
Esther is a woman that I met in Uganda. She had just had her hair done and when I complimented her, she threw her head back and laughed. I snapped the photo and it perfectly captures not only her beauty but the vivid colors of Uganda. I blurred the clothesline and revealed the motorcycle to distinguish its importance from the rest of the background.
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Olympic Pillage
Digital Media
Height: 38” Width: 36“
Olympic Village is representative of a city where construction occurs at an unrelenting rate with little attention paid to quality, architecture or overall aesthetics within the landscape. Walking into Olympic Village involves navigating building sites that stretch from Cambie St and eastward. The fancy names and promises of a perfect lifestyle do little to change the overall impression of crowded, unattractive buildings which seem to have an expiration date written all over them.
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Sword Fern
Digital Media
Height: 52” Width: 52“
Sword Fern is one of the most beautiful and magical trails in the park. Deep into the trail, there is a tree stump covered in very bright moss with this semicircular piece of wood protruding from it. The tree looks like a castle and the piece of wood like a little shrine sitting in the tree. I represented the ‘castle’ at the top of the piece.
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Spirits of Presidio Hill
Digital Media
Height: 34.5” Width: 18.5“
The Presidio, in San Francisco, is now a vast public park. The area just above Baker Beach is one that I return to again and again. It’s totally magical and inhabited by strange and wonderful beings.
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