MAPPAE MUNDI
These new large-scale abstract works are an expression of the varied inner and outer realms we inhabit, in much the same way that medieval ‘mappae mundi’ combined geography, legend, history, scripture, dreams and nightmares to showcase the range of our human experience. This work represents my return to my prairie roots as well as a return to large scale painting, and brings a more mature artistic expression to themes that have been of lifelong interest to me: landscape, mystery, duality.
Are these new paintings landscapes? Tales of otherworldly journeys? Poetry breathed in secret? They may be all of these things, as multiple perspectives, strong contrast, layering, hints of landscape and ambiguity of abstracted elements work together to suggest rich, multifaceted meaning.
Several pieces are formatted as diptychs or triptychs. This presentation allows each panel to tell a facet of the story, and work in dialogue with the other segments. Other pieces have extensions added to the substrate, allowing the image to break out beyond the confines of the rectangular panel, reflecting the notion that a complete description of our experience doesn’t fit neatly into a simple box. Personal experience and universality are aspects of the same whole. In this series, I weave together elements of landscape, personal history, conceptual relationships and poetry in her own ‘mappae mundi’ describing human experience.
NOTE: These paintings will be exhibited at Harcourt House Main Gallery in Edmonton, AB, Canada March 13 through April 25, 2026.
The paintings will be added to the website shortly after the exhibition opens.
