Points of View is a series of archival inkjet prints. These photobased prints are a departure for me from my usual mediums of painting on panel and printmaking. This departure is a result of a shift from using photography as source material for use in other mediums to recognizing that a portion of my photographic work demanded to be explored in its own right. Points of View is a result of this shift.

I have sought out the natural world through my camera lens for more than 20 years, taking thousands of photographs during that time. It has been part of my practice as an artist to use some of these photographs (particularly those of eroding structures) to begin the development of each new series of paintings and body of work.

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

The series explores my encounters with the landscape through juxtaposed pairs of panoramic photographs. Each work consists of a pair of images that have been selected to encourage a dialogue between them.

For the past 8 years I have been part “The Gibson Gang”, which consists of 7 artists - Yael Brotman, Karen Curry, Michael Earle, Brian Hoxha, Brian Kelley, Liz Parkinson and Snaige Sileika. Many of the Ontario photographs have been taken during our yearly trips

During the Field Trip exhibition in September 2003 curator Carla Garnet said, “For the past 10 years The Gibson Gang has gone on an annual canoe trip. The field trips began on the Gibson River and have extended into the present -- with variations on locations and modes of travel and shelter. All members of the gang had originally connected as printmakers at Open Studio through the shared discovery of each individuals’ love of working plein air, camping and the Canadian North. Since then, these seven hermitic personalities put aside one week, each year, to camp, canoe, hike, swim, eat, drink, read, sketch and photograph as a way of recording the spectacular experience of the Shield.”

~Karen Curry, 2003