Concrete
This series of panel-drawings pay homage to the enduring material and abandoned structures found in the North American landscape. These images allude simultaneously to ancient classical garden follies and the language of industrial modernity. These architectural scenes were rendered in a pared-down fashion, where the overgrowth and all else is stripped away leaving only the essential forms of the abandoned structures.
“There is something high modernist about these works, a seriousness that is levelled by a certain romanticism, an almost lyrical approach that undercuts the works’ initial coldness.”
Ray Cronin – excerpt from State of the Arts, a Daily Gleaner newspaper article, published, Feb. 2001
US Naval Base, Argentia, NF. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Gun Implacement I, Cape Spear, NF. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Gun Implacement II, Cape Spear, NF. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Munitions Bunker, Cape Spear, NF. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Bridge, St. George, NB. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Internmant Camp, Ripples NB. 2002. charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Bridge Abutments, Union Settlement, NB. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
River Pier, Saint John, River, NB. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
River Pier, Sheffield, NB. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Bridge Piers, Renous, NB. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Bridge Pier, Renous, NB. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Bridge Abutment, Rural, NB. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Bridge, Barkers Point, NB. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Brick Works, Cheltenham, ON. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Concrete Plant, Point Anne, ON. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Concrete Plant, Marlbank, ON. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Round House, Depot Harbour, ON. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm
Stair, Depot Harbour, ON. 2002, charcoal on panel, 28 x 83 cm.JPG