Artist Statement
Station 21 is a contemporary mixed-media encaustic collage painting that speaks of time passing. The bold gestural underpainting when layered with the vintage photograph, connects the past and the present. The viewer feels a strong sense of place as a connection is forged between Toronto then and now.
In the historic photo, my partner’s maternal Grandfather stands in front of 65 Ford Street, a former fire station in Toronto. He told me once that as a young, inexperienced driver, he took a corner too fast, the horse-drawn rig rolled over, and they never arrived to put out the fire.