Michael Madden

My work looks to celebrate the simplicity and beauty of our rural and natural landscapes. It is informed by life lived in Elora during an “in between” time, where the landscape continues to be disrupted and re-formed. These interrupted landscapes are juxtaposed to the presence of untamable cloudscapes that look to initiate the contemplation of what is at stake, and the role our choices play in the midst of our relentless environmental disruption.

The work is rendered with coloured pencil directly upon wood panel. The wood grain is visible and integral: the medium remains on the surface of the harder wood fibres and allows light to “occupy” the “in-between”.

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