PLACE IN PERSPECTIVE
Currently showing at the Lebel Mansion
in Pincher Creek AB, July 5 - 26, 2023
There is a story to every place, and every place can tell many stories. Places are infused with meaning, be it through personal memories, defining events, or the landscape itself. For this exhibition three artists explore their connections to three provinces they have in common: Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Each artist considers the fundamental meaning of “place” and expresses her unique vision of that place at a particular moment in time — one that is personal and reflects her understanding of that location. These textile works represent how a sense of place is impacted by personal histories and personal ways of seeing. Viewers are invited to examine their own sense of place and perhaps look with renewed understanding at places held dear.
ALBERTA
ContemPLATED
65” x 65” - $8500.
Juried into CQA, National Juried Show 2020 (virtual)
My western roots, shown with coloured plates, are symbolically threaded through all of Canada. The route playfully travels from coast to coast, then reconnects through the border. The U-shapes highlight my roots in Alberta and Manitoba while tying me to the rest of Canada as they weave through and around the Canadian-inspired red and white plates.
Each plate is unique and tells its own story - if only they could talk - but together also create a colourful and powerful mosaic. I wanted to honour Canada, celebrate the west, and express my quirky creativity. Enjoy my unusual work!
Materials: Hand dye-printed cotton fabric, cotton batting, cotton, polyester and invisible thread
Techniques: Machine pieced and quilted
Livin’ the Dream
41” x 41” - $2750.
SASKATCHEWAN
Late Summer Reflections
15” x 15” - SOLD
hand in hand • late summer sunny afternoon • smiles and laughter • floating over resting trout • enjoying life with my wife
Deeply Connected
32” x 22” - $1512.
Moving Sunset BarU Style
21.5” x 40” - $2300.
Drivin’ Down a Dream
23” x 100” - $5740.
Humboldt Reflections
21.5” x 51.5” - $2300.
This is my love letter to Saskatchewan. It encapsulates the drive to Meunster to attend an art residency, being with friends, and the community of learning, playing and spiritual joy. in April 2016, near Meunster a tragic accident happened involving 29 friends that I also memorialize in this work.
Last Weekend with Emma
23” x 20” - $960.
NOVA SCOTIA
Englishtown Spill
57” x 27” - $3100. - SOLD
MY FAIR LADIES
Omega
9” x 17” - $320.
Scorpion
9” x 17” - $320. - SOLD
Jenny & Jack
9” x 17”- $320. - SOLD
Eleanor Mayme
9” x 17”- $320. - SOLD
Ruby Anne
9” x 17” - $320. - SOLD
Lester’s Legacy
9” x 17”- $320. - SOLD
Beverly
10” x 13” - $375.
MORE FAIR LADIES
Lucy & Maude
10” x 13” - $375.
Peggy Jean
10” x 13” - $375.
Olive & Doris
10” x 13” - $375.
Gloria & June
10” x 13” - $375.
Sea Witch
10” x 13” - $375.
I am fascinated by textures, be they man-made or organic. I imprint hard textures onto soft fabrics using a variety of techniques and colour to capture these surfaces in-situ. When not on location, I imagine the textures and colours of a place while dyeing fabrics, and further explore my connection to these places through journals, sketches, and collages of photographs of my surface-dyed fabrics. I tell my stories through colours, marks, mood and, in this way, capture the essence of a place. For this exhibit, the places I explore are personal, and sources of artistic growth and discovery. Alberta is where I was born — it is my home. Saskatchewan is where I find inspiration growth, self-healing and spirituality. Nova Scotia is the land of my family roots — my heritage.
ALISON DEAN COWITZ
Artist Statement