Found an inspiring book on a friends shelf

This book "Pressence" contains a story, relatable to the Preserving Harold Project.

A glimpse of our show at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery

Carol and Susan would like to acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council Northern Arts Program in the creation of the works in this exhibition.

Blanket of Snow: a work in progress

Here is an image that shows how the proportions of this artwork have been chosen to be similar to that of a door.

 And a close up of the developing textured layers:

Later I will post more details about these layers and thoughts as I create this piece.

Pieces of the PHP will be on display alongside the work of my good friend Susan in a two person exhibition!

Join us (Carol Kajorinne, Susan Kachor-Conlon, and curator Nadia Kurd) as we share some words about our exhibition "Preservation | Desire to Fill" Sept. 17th at 7:30pm at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery (1080 Keewatin St.).

Exhibition opens Sept. 11, 2015.
http://theag.ca/art/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/

You can find the event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/956936811015340/

Blanket of Snow, it's progress.

It's all about the hidden, unknown, neglected, forgotten, unrealized, discarded, unforeseen, blanket of snow.

Working on a new artpiece:

The acetate print on the left will be lit up in the empty space.

Many many layers to be added...

Barbed Wire

Wondering through the Pike Lake forest, traces of my family history is found in subtle ways. You cannot tell what animals once lived with in fence or how large the fence was. It's broken from trees falling onto it, leaving pieces of barbed wire stitched into the trees. I spent some time looking at the wire and how it was created- a simple but laboursome task I'm sure. I imagine it must of been the hand of my great-great-grandfather who wired it together. His hands touched many things here in the space I occupy.

I'm thrilled to have just submitted a grant proposal "Things and Beings" to the OAC, which will hopefully aid me in the exploration of this land, the objects and my history.