JACK PINE (group of seven), 2022

 

Featured in the Imagining Sustainable Futures exhibition at Union Gallery, my most recent conceptualization is a material adaptation of Tom Thompson’s famous painting Jack Pine from 1916-1917. Now planted on a farm in south Simcoe County, this piece was designed to ecologically redress the Group of Seven style of landscape painting and colonial gaze that has dominated the Canadian art market for years. Also editioned like the Group of Seven prints we find in many gallery giftshops, each set of seven trees come with a letter of authenticity and an instructional brochure that will help ensure these species are cared for.