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On The Wall - September 2021
Domenica Howley - Artist Biography
Domenica Howley is an emerging artist based in southeastern Ontario working as a process-based printmaker and painter. Her works reflect upon her experiences tree planting in the vistas of northern British Columbia and Alberta and seeks to comment on the realities of industries that lay just beyond the Rockies. She is currently completing her final term of Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art at the University of Guelph.
Domenica Howley- Artist Statement
Through my work I explore the forest industry using a critical lens. I live in Canada, a country known for being rich in breathtaking scenery and inspiring natural surroundings and yet, there lay industries in our landscapes that seek to feed consumerism and ultimately devastate these vistas. From industry to natural disaster, these landscapes are ever changing.
In my work I seek to explore the tension between the beauty and the reality of what is hidden within the natural world. Canada exports tourism in its natural wonders while also being rich in natural resources that mark us number one for some exports globally.
My work stems from my own experiences tree planting and my eye-witness accounts of clear-cut forests, forest fires, pipelines, oil derricks, and the eerie calm that exists just beyond the mountain range.
Ultimately what I have found is that this brutal work I do each summer is simply feeding an industry, not a heroic deed that will cure the world of climate change as I had thought, the first time I put my shovel in the ground. I reflect upon my own experiences and use my art practise as a way of working through the mystical and the real aspects of my job as a tree planter.
Domenica Howley- Artist Statement
Through my work I explore the forest industry using a critical lens. I live in Canada, a country known for being rich in breathtaking scenery and inspiring natural surroundings and yet, there lay industries in our landscapes that seek to feed consumerism and ultimately devastate these vistas. From industry to natural disaster, these landscapes are ever changing.
In my work I seek to explore the tension between the beauty and the reality of what is hidden within the natural world. Canada exports tourism in its natural wonders while also being rich in natural resources that mark us number one for some exports globally.
My work stems from my own experiences tree planting and my eye-witness accounts of clear-cut forests, forest fires, pipelines, oil derricks, and the eerie calm that exists just beyond the mountain range.
Ultimately what I have found is that this brutal work I do each summer is simply feeding an industry, not a heroic deed that will cure the world of climate change as I had thought, the first time I put my shovel in the ground. I reflect upon my own experiences and use my art practise as a way of working through the mystical and the real aspects of my job as a tree planter.
Domenica Howley- Artist Statement
Through my work I explore the forest industry using a critical lens. I live in Canada, a country known for being rich in breathtaking scenery and inspiring natural surroundings and yet, there lay industries in our landscapes that seek to feed consumerism and ultimately devastate these vistas. From industry to natural disaster, these landscapes are ever changing.
In my work I seek to explore the tension between the beauty and the reality of what is hidden within the natural world. Canada exports tourism in its natural wonders while also being rich in natural resources that mark us number one for some exports globally.
My work stems from my own experiences tree planting and my eye-witness accounts of clear-cut forests, forest fires, pipelines, oil derricks, and the eerie calm that exists just beyond the mountain range.
Ultimately what I have found is that this brutal work I do each summer is simply feeding an industry, not a heroic deed that will cure the world of climate change as I had thought, the first time I put my shovel in the ground. I reflect upon my own experiences and use my art practise as a way of working through the mystical and the real aspects of my job as a tree planter.