The show at The Hearth Gallery on Bowen Island, BC looked at disability, as the broken and the whole, the hurt and the healing: fallen trees in the landscape of Bowen Island, where I reside, to show how they give life to new vegetation, and thus continue to live. Through these artworks I explore the life that comes through patterns of decay and transformation, through loss and through healing, through and with brokenness, not towards the “whole,” but towards the integration of that which is broken with that which is new.

The project so far explored the idea of disability through these landscapes of fallen trees and broken branches amidst lush green and vibrant flora; fallen trees and broken branches act as a metaphor for disability and the lush green landscape provides a sense of hope and healing. These works will be very different stylistically and conceptually from my recent work, yet incorporating stylistic elements in terms of line, texture, colour and tone.