Avenues To Stillness  is a series of large photographic prints. These panoramic images continue the exploration into elements of remote landscapes begun in my recent series Points of View.

The photographs in both series were taken with a 35 mm camera. The individual images have been cropped in the camera and are not manipulated before printing. The photographic images are printed on watercolour paper using an archival inkjet process

In recent years I have taken an increasing number of photographs of some of Canada’s remote areas in  Ontario and British Columbia.  The images from these locations, where man’s impact is kept at bay and the powerful forces of nature prevail form the basis for Points of View & Avenues to Stillness.

I work within monochromatic palettes, and utilize aspects of chiaroscuro so that within each image what is hidden and what is revealed by light becomes of primary importance.

Each image offers an insight into a moment where light, texture and the isolation implied by the composition conspire to bring the viewer to an aspect of stillness  and contemplation.

Notes on the locations where the photographs were shot.

Dunes- Haida Gwaii - North Beach, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, November 2004
Evening Light I – Bell Lake in Killarney  Provincial  Park,  ON, July 2003
Evening Light II  – Murray  Lake in Killarney   Provincial  Park, ON, July 2002
Gabriola – Gabriola  Island, BC,  August 2002
Killarney  Morning  - Murray Lake in Killarney Provincial Park, ON,  at  about 8:15 am on July 4, 2002
Muskoka Morning – Pen Lake – Peninsula Lake, ON,  July  2004