3 ways of working with plants
Duality Multi-Arts Invasion, WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay
3 ways of working with plants (physical, essential, ethereal) points to a very different, yet accessible world that at one time was commonly walked, lived and dreamed.
working with plants in a physical way creates a visceral, tactile relationship: smell, colour, grain, texture, and movement all emerge from carving and sculpting one layer to the next with Black locust - Robinia pseudoacacia.
working with plants in an essential way pushes us to perceive the luminous vibrations of colour that emanate all around us, even invasive plant species such as Common buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica.
working with plants in an ethereal way deepens our understanding of the otherwise unknown and easily forgotten enmeshed realities among the plants thriving all around us, including Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis.
