Snow-blind

The drawings in Snow-blind are informed by my experiences visiting alpine terrain in northern Scotland and Alberta, where snowpack has been dwindling over the years due to climate change. They represent a process of trying to understand and re-create the disorienting experience of being in mountainous environments where mountains are not always visible due to atmospheric conditions. Snow, fog, or lack of available light contribute to the difficulty of deciphering space, making it difficult to understand the scale and proximity of these obscured mountains, only seeing how light reflects on snow high up in the hills.

These drawings respond to an experience of a landscape that is made ambiguous on account of atmospheric and light conditions. Through making these drawings, I attempt to pull these snowy patches closer for inspection through hazy scrims hanging on the surface of each drawing.

Thanks to the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund and Pat the Dog for their financial support in producing this work.