-PUBLIC ART WORKS-

What makes an artwork "public"? Often they are considered permanent installations that contribute to the life and identity of the community. Sometimes, and this is an exception, they aren't permanent but rather are so ambitious in scope that their memory lingers; having in effect a long term impact. Like installation art, public artworks engage an ethos and helps to shed light on an issue. Sometimes these works are commemorative, but I tend to lean into works that are constructive; grounded in some aspect of the present and looking forward.

 

‘An Opening in the Canopy’

-2023-

This project in the small fishing community of Pouch Cove, Newfoundland looked to celebrate a coastal relationship to the sky. The work operates as a functional sundial that marks the time of day as well as the date. Its form references the ecology of black spruce with its shallow root system spreading out horizontally over bedrock.

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‘The Floating Warren’

-2017-

This project in Charlottetown was done for Flotilla, the national convention of Canadian artist-run centres. It aimed to bring new life, new access and new imagination to the waterfront and how the people relate to the sea.

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‘Questions of Time & Settling’

-2015-

This project looked to mediate between the scale of a large urban development and the more modest north end Halifax neighbourhood where it was located. It asked questions of what it means to belong and how we cultivate this belonging over time.

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‘Mirroring [In] Between’

-2022-

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Common Roots Kiosk

-2013-

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