Stand of Birch
2018
Cyrville Station, OLRT, Ottawa
Stainless steel
264” x 180” x 384”
Forests fascinate me.
I love the way trees move in the wind, how they breathe and how they are in constant communication with the land, its biology and with one another. For me, Stand of Birch represents the interconnectivity that is required to create any healthy and vibrant community. These slender young trees, this new growth represents an aspiring holistic community, one that builds on its collective purposes and shared experiences.
Using manufactured products like stainless steel pipe for this project intrigues me. I enjoy taking these pedestrian types of materials and turning them back into something that represents (reflects) the natural world. The large number pipes used in the project, fitting into one another overrode their practical applications and made them into a forest of tangled branches.
Wave
2015
York Community Recreation Centre
Aluminum, grasses
5’6” x 11’ x 120’
First impression: a rolling wave rises from the landscape cresting in a gentle curve. The aluminum curve catches the light, which highlights the grooves and fissures in the sculpted form. The wave is a unique intervention, a striking visual arc that stretches 120 feet across the landsacpe. A fusion of the organic and sculpted metal, Wave activates both the landscape and the imagination in a dynamic reimaging .of the movement of water, inspired by the landform of which it is a part. Wave also echoes and makes reference to the green roof of the proposed building.
Fallen Star
2013
Half-moon Bay Park , Nepean, Ottawa
Cast aluminum, LED lights
14’6” x 13’6” x 4’
Balanced on one of its five points, Falling Star brings a piece of the sky down to earth atop the toboggan hill of Half Moon Bay Park in Ottawa. Creating a bridge between the immensity of the celestial universe and our place on earth, the etched and pitted surface of the cast aluminum star tells the story of its long journey. At night light gently shines through hundreds of tiny holes referencing a starry sky.
Archive
2011
Central Archives and Ottawa Public Library Materials Centre, Ottawa
Stainless steel, granite boulders, grasses, LED
22' x 42' x 32'
Archive is large house made out of lace-like stainless steel that floats twenty feet above the ground, tethered to the earth by silver ropes weighed down by large boulders. The work plays with the tension between the illusion of levity and reality of gravity. The lattice-like effect is created from a random collection of letters cut out of the steel form of the house, creating a rhythmic pattern that is illuminated from within at night. The sculpture alludes to collective and social histories that are both ephemeral and transitory, yet, by virtue of the human desire to collect and organize, become permanent and cherished.
Maintaining Gravity
2009
City Hall, Kitchener/Waterloo
Plexiglass, steel, incandescent bulb, rocks, ropes, masking tape
82' x 36' x 8'
Maintaining Gravity was an installation in the reflecting pool in front of Kitchener City Hall as part of CAKFA's 2009 edition of Veracity. Playing with the illusion of the absence of gravity, the work alludes to those moments in life when life is filled with possibilities.
