Artworks
Acrylic, flashe and collage on board
I have been following and documenting the stages of construction in my backyard in Richmond from, literally, the ground up. I have started an expressive, abstract painting collage series reflecting on the aggressive processes of “development.” Building sites are everywhere in Richmond and other lower mainland areas. This series shows typical construction machinery in action, ripping up land and older housing in the name of development; a construction - deconstruction cycle that I am following as things proceed. Another thing I have observed is neighbourhood rabbits, which are considered a pest in Richmond, showing up in the midst of all the action and curiously lounging around among the gravel cement, dirt and heavy machinery, completely unafraid. I cannot explain this but the bunnies have become a symbolic part of my subject matter in this series.