Tidal Pool, felt and drift wood, 16 x 21, Trading House, Haida Gwaii Museum.
This work is an early example of a series of images I am creating using felting as an alternative to painting. These designs will play with the idea of a western artist’s use of polymer emulsion paint (acrylic) to depict beautifully idealized nature scenes and cautionary but aesthetic images of climate destruction. What does this say about a “two-eyed” relational painting practice as both an educator and researcher? Can shifting perspectives lead to new ways of seeing and problem solving?
