49.67277, -112.82921 v.1 (2022), oil on canvas, 12” x 9”, private collection
While studying figure drawing at the University of Lethbridge, I first truly saw myself as beautiful when I saw the lines and modelling of my own body in the wind-drawn curves of the coulees.
This is one of four paintings that comprise the Sikoohkitoki (Lethbridge) Series. The process for these artworks started with sketches done on site with earth toned conte crayon. In the studio, I then used the sketches as patterns for small 9″ X 12″ colour studies in oil on gallery wrapped canvas. Each painting is titled by the latitude and longitude coordinates of the sketch location so that they are not only an artistic expression of the land, but also can be used as a historical document and a unique form of geographic/geological data.
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