Artwork > 2011 - 2016

photo by Guy L’Heureux

2007-09

Exhibition history
Sub Gallery, Montreal QC
Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge ON

Representations of Architeuthis dux/ giant squid/ kraken from historical and contemporary, and both fantastical and actual source material, form the basis of these quilted sculptures. They are intermediaries and metaphors for the anxiety of uncomfortable/ uncommon forms of bodies/ beauty, and our own place of comfort and safety.

trapunto quilt nancy anne mcphee octopus
Darkling Sea

Contemporary Fantastical

Installed at FOFA Gallery, Montréal, Québec

Hand sewn trapunto quilt, polyester fun fur, goose down, rose embossed wallpaper, white enamel paint

photo by Guy L’Heureux