The Depression Era Woman

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ARTIST STATEMENT

My latest work continues an exploration of a kind of everyday, active remembrance, building forms from a series of smaller parts, as in architectural construction or quiltmaking, favourite pastimes of my mother and father. The slow, additive process of combining small parts to create a larger, cohesive object reflects a process and aesthetic that is rooted in childhood and memory.

My work focuses on shape, colour and texture, using plywood, wood filler, and in some cases drywall and drywall compound, screws, nails and cloth. I use acrylic paint because it echoes the flatness and utilitarian feel of house paint but provides a greater ability to mix colour in the studio environment.

Each piece is named for the memory of a place or time, or might reflect the events of the current moment. Whether light-hearted or more reflective, the titles of my work always reveal themselves to me through personal history and as such often spark a conversation between myself and the viewer or between the viewer and the work, through shared experience.

John Ford, March, 2023