This painting began with the North Saskatchewan River and the way it connects so much of Edmonton. From above, the river winds through the city while neighbourhoods, roads, fields and familiar landmarks become shapes, lines and layers of colour.
In this piece, I was thinking about the areas east of downtown — Rundle, Capilano, Ottewell, the university area and the city beyond — not as a literal map, but as an expression of connection. I wanted the land to feel recognizable and familiar while still allowing memory and emotion to reshape it.
The river became the thread holding everything together. It moves through all of these places, crossing boundaries and connecting communities that can sometimes feel separate when we experience them from the ground.
The Land Between Us is about those connections — the places we move through, the landscapes we share, and the lines that join one part of our lives to another.
This painting began with the North Saskatchewan River and the way it connects so much of Edmonton. From above, the river winds through the city while neighbourhoods, roads, fields and familiar landmarks become shapes, lines and layers of colour.
In this piece, I was thinking about the areas east of downtown — Rundle, Capilano, Ottewell, the university area and the city beyond — not as a literal map, but as an expression of connection. I wanted the land to feel recognizable and familiar while still allowing memory and emotion to reshape it.
The river became the thread holding everything together. It moves through all of these places, crossing boundaries and connecting communities that can sometimes feel separate when we experience them from the ground.
The Land Between Us is about those connections — the places we move through, the landscapes we share, and the lines that join one part of our lives to another.
