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"The main focus of my work has become storytelling...
honouring the lives + stories of women
through portraiture."

Northern Dreams

3/14/2012

 
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Northern Dreams / 24x48 / acrylic on canvas
This painting is a pictoral representation of how I feel about the north - incorporating stars and bronze metallic paint as a symbol of the dancing aurora borealis; dotted circles for the multitude of crisp, white snow; a family of birds for the abundance of wildlife; teepees scratched into pthalo blue for community and also the deep, blue waters of the lakes and rivers that surrounded us; and a group of girls to share the close bonds of the friendship of my childhood, those beautiful females who have grown into wonderful women.  The north isn't an easy place, filled with many of the same challenges of any community, but also compounded by isolation, by forest fires in summer and by killing cold in winter.  But it is where I feel 'normal', accepted, expected.  It is where I feel most Canadian. 
Kathryn Dyche Dechairo link
3/14/2012 11:50:12 pm

Love the colors and different elements at play in this piece.

Veronica Funk link
3/15/2012 02:30:59 am

Thank you Kathryn - I see you are also included in Seth's book...I haven't received my copy yet but am looking forward to devouring it cover-to-cover. :)


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