The spaces we inhabit; filled with the energetic spirit of our habits, harvest and roaming occupants. #observational #space #wip #paintingfromlife #preliminary #vantage

Beginning with bees. Cultivating wisdom in the constitution of the bee commune. #hiveculture #psychic #apiary #requeening #beekeeping #honeycomb

“Propagations” (32” x 45”). A detail image. Acrylic and mixed fibre collage on wood. Considering the ongoing conversation and issues around women’s work. Sourcing and repurposing found materials and objects. #womenswork #salvaged #materiality #sculptural #collage #fibreart #painting #enviroart #liberation #equalrights

A propagation. Immersed in this sentiment of tenderness. A moment of pause before this little plant body is restored to Gaia’s regenerative embrace. #propagating #intersectional #environmentalism #agricultural #ecofeminism #interconnected #ecologies

The radiant heat of trees, directing fresh snow fall into sublimination at its roots. The place this little bird took rest. Near the ingress of a mouse hole. Posthumously graced with a garland of droplets on its red breast; like the flower crowned skull of Saint Valentine, buried on this day. #symbolic #figureofthewinged #lovebird #abstract #advent #mylove

“Wrecked” (24” x 36”). Transmuted landscapes. The energetic alchemy of our souls speaking from where we stand. Holding dialogue with our surroundings. Reflecting mirror images of circumstance. #pleinair #oiloncanvas #wip

“Alex K’s Green & Trees” (55” x 35”). Mossy greens & spectral trees, moving you through time and space. Reflecting light and millennia, to lift you out of the wreckage and hold you. #chlorophyll #pigment #oiloncanvas #oilpainting #landscape #copywork #workinprogress

“Tree Sisters” (30” x 40”). Considering the interconnectedness of super organisms and their mycorrhizal networks. #sacred #energy #symbiotic #reciprocity #canvas #oilpainting #workinprogress

“My roots are firmly planted in the very soil that my ancestors are buried in...anywhere you open the earth there is evidence...it is written in the earth” - Debra Sparrow. This is the ‘Fraser River Park’. Traditional Musqueam territory. A site of the Salish village “Tsusnaham”. A site of land grabs and abuses. I spent some time here recently doing field studies, unpacking histories and considering land memory, public memory and the gross negligence of industries & governments. Additional photo documentary is viewable via the link in my bio. For further background reference, check out Elle-Màijá Tailfeathers documentary Ćesna?em: The City Before The City. #musqueam #fraserriver #vancouver #colonization #settlers #violence #gentrification #racism #whitesupremacy #capitalism #history #erasure

‘Small View Point’ (24” x 36”). Taking ease in restorative refuge. #pleinair #canvas #oilpainting #workinprogress

‘Wild Fennel’. Backyard observations throughout end of season harvest. Ruminations in the afflatus of the seeds we plant. #pleinair #oilpainting #linencanvas

Autumn embraced by botanical explorations and creative collaborations with florist @daisy__fung ... whose bringing gentle herbal remedies & floral soul speaking to our sacred spaces of existence. #sculptural #florist #flora #floraldesign #daisyfungflowers

Be the interconnected radical growth within the fruiting bodies of our communities. #funghi #mycelium #hyphae #shifting #molecular #consciousness

Carry On. A site specific weaving installation, using salvaged fibres and found objects. An emotional response, reflecting precarious states of being. #fibreart #textilemedia #weaving #ecuad #sculpture

The expansive interstice. Speaking into and occupying the spaces in between. Traversing disembodied, incorporeal realities and states of being. #recording #ethereal #immaterial #perspectives

‘A Practice In Divestment’. Owning the means of production. Considering the impact of materials, resource use and waste cycles. #reclaim #experiment #pulp #charcoal #lye #soap #ecuad #installation

Seen. Unseen. Meditating where we stand. Excavating a protracting symbol. Making meaning through process. #terrestrial #observations #redefining #measure

‘Anamnesis’. Returning to place. Wrapped in the tender memories of our childhood. Finding wisdom in the cathartic tangible comfort of a quilt. #painting #process #collage #stitch #ecuad

‘Attached’, the emotional and psychological weight of lose. A study and exploration of shared memories, histories, residual impact and states of attachment and detachment. #durational #process #interdisciplinary #sculpture #mixedmedia #timeline #ecuad #ecuadsculpture

This restorative gentle light, bringing presence, acclivity and transition. #solstice #magick

The expansive interstice. Speaking into and occupying the spaces in between. Traversing disembodied, incorporeal realities and states of being. #recording #ethereal #immaterial #perspectives

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October 03, 2016 in Travel, Photography, Documentation