Monthly Archives: January 2026

Wind-drawings, Cottage 2025

January 16, 2026 – 2:12 pm

I brought one of my wind-drawing machines to a cottage we rented in Val-des-monts, Quebec in August 2025. The wind was often strong and steady, but it did shift in direction throughout a day. The result is some beautifully weaved drawings. As stated in previous posts about the Wind-drawings, the series is intended to make…

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Wind-Drawings at the DMZ

January 14, 2026 – 2:09 pm

In the summer of 2025, I made my third trip to the Korean DMZ. On the two previous trips I saw a number of Korean War battles sites and came to appreciate just how brutal the war was. I often cite the Battle of White Horse Hill (1952) in which the South Korean and US…

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Minefield Cyanotypes

January 13, 2026 – 8:21 pm

While at the Korean DMZ in the summer of 2025 I created some cyanotypes. I had never used the medium before, but I thought the directness of the photographic process (a sensitized piece of paper is exposed to sunlight with objects against the surface), would work well with my conceptual approach. Indeed, each image is…

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Wind-drawing Machine

January 13, 2026 – 5:56 pm

The intention of the Wind-Drawings is to make a visual record Climate Change in Ottawa, and to do so in a tangible and affecting manner. In Ottawa in 2024 temperature records were broken on several days. On those days I deployed my wind-drawing machines at my downtown Ottawa residence and was able to direct the…

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