Big Muddy – Discovery 111.7 cm x 111.7 cm Oil and oil stick on canvas Private Collection everyday sacred saskatchewan This exhibition, mounted during a one day Fall Fair in Minton, saw more than two hundred visitors from across southern Saskatchewan. I also worked with the committee to successfully acquire grant funding to integrate … Read More
Big Muddy – Numinosity 104 cm x 104 cm | Oil and oil stick on canvas | Private Collection everyday sacred saskatchewan I remain fascinated with the visual elements of southwest Saskatchewan, and explore energy, (physical, psychic and spiritual), as a means to understand our circular interrelationship with the land.
Big Muddy – Tenacity 104 cm x 104 cm Oil and oil stick on canvas Private Collection everyday sacred saskatchewan Knowing my family were the colonizers of this land, I needed to understand more deeply who my ancestors were and what their experience was in moving to the prairies. Much as I grieve … Read More
U308 104.0 cm x 104.0 cm | Oil and oil stick on canvas | Private Collection everyday sacred saskatchewan My paternal grandparents raised my father and his siblings in Prince Albert which is the tree line in Saskatchewan. The province is known for its rich resources and robust mining industry including uranium which is supplied … Read More
Big Muddy – Foundations 111.7 cm x 111.7 cm Oil and oil stick on canvas Private Collection everyday sacred saskatchewan The land in southern Saskatchewan is layered with memories and archeological remnants of residents, both indigenous and those of colonizers. This painting references what’s left of my uncle’s family homestead near Minton, Saskatchewan. … Read More
Marjanna’s Melancholia 104 cm x 104 cm Oil on canvas Private Collection everyday sacred saskatchewan The overall experience of homesteaders on the land here in Saskatchewan was harsh. Women in particular struggled with isolation, and other challenges. This painting references my paternal grandmother who suffered a mental breakdown during her child rearing years. The … Read More
Big Muddy – Surprise (Meredyks’ Surprise) 111.7 cm x 111.7 cm Oil and oil stick on canvas Public Collection of the Saskatchewan Arts Board everyday sacred saskatchewan When I began this body of work I had begun painting rocks. I was introduced to an elderly couple near the Saskatchewan/USA border who, over the course … Read More
Stone Soup (Polish/Tibetan Borscht) 111.7 cm x 111.7 cm Oil and oil stick on canvas Collection of the Artist everyday sacred saskatchewan Both of my grandmothers kept a soup pot going on the stove. I, too, made soup for many years, as an effort to self nurture myself back to health. The title of … Read More
Northern Novena 111.7 cm x 111.7 cm | Oil and oil stick on canvas | Private Collection everyday sacred saskatchewan Both of my grandmothers prayed the rosary daily. This painting honours my paternal grandmother, Mary (Marjanna).
Big Muddy – Mala 111.7 cm x 111.7 cm Oil and oil stick on canvas Collection of the Artist everyday sacred saskatchewan I began studying Buddhist philosophy in my late 30’s. This painting, the tenth in the series, brings the three aspects of my research query together: What commonality(s) if any, might exist between … Read More
Pisces 100 x 100 | Oil on board | Private Collection