While dismantling the family home in Toronto, I found my late mother’s wedding dress hanging in an empty closet, in an 1950s dry-cleaning bag. The dress, with its lace, tulle and beads was faded, but still beautiful after sixty years. I was struck by the image of a bridal dress encased in a zipped plastic bag, which, in the dark closet, resembled a body bag. I reached for my camera. A few months later, back in Vancouver, I came across the photographs, and I was haunted by the imagery: innocence and death, beauty and decay. I’m pursuing this now in the Wedding Series.

Silver Wedding Dress
mixed media on paper, 24″ x 26″
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Flower Girl #1
mixed media on paper , 22″ x 30″
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Bride’s Bouquet
mixed media on paper, 13″ x 15″
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Roses
mixed media on paper, 11″ x 14″
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Wedding Dress with Blue Hydrangeas
mixed media on paper, 22″ x 30″
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Amour
mixed media on canvas , 30″ x 40″
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New Shoots
mixed media on canvas , 30″ x 40″
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Celadon Dream
acrylic on canvas, 20″ x 20″
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Green Flower Gestural
mixed media on paper, 4.5″ x 6″
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Rice Paper Bouquet
mixed media on paper, 18″ x 14″
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Flowers in a Box
mixed media on paper, 4.5″ x 6″
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Spring Tempo
mixed media on canvas, 30″ x 40″
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Spring Bouquet
mixed media on canvas , 30″ x 40″