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| Am I a European Girl? 70 cm (w) x 51 cm (h) |
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| Where in the World? 70 cm (w) x 51 cm (h) SOLD |
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| Being Amongst Old Friends 70 cm (w) x 51 cm (h) SOLD |
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| Finding Your Way 70 cm (w) x 51 cm (h) |
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| Checking on our Mountain's Mood 46 cm (w) x 66 cm (h) SOLD |
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| Knowing Where the Heart Lies 46 cm (w) x 66 cm (h) SOLD |
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| Lost Glimpse 46 cm (w) x 66 cm (h) SOLD |
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| This Feels Like Home 32 cm (w) x 46.5 cm (h) SOLD |
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| A Sense of Belonging 32 cm (w) x 46.5 cm (h) SOLD |
When the Anglican Cathedral in my
home town of Christchurch, NZ, crumpled in the February 2011 earthquake, locals
and ex-pat Cantabrians took the sight of the fallen steeple as an emotional
blow.
I am interested in how certain landmarks
create an emotional bond and connect people to place. It may be a prominent
tree, or a towering mountain, or an iconic building or church that anchors
people to it. Landmarks mean far more
than their strict definition as an
object or feature that enables someone to establish their location.
In the case of our built
environment, perhaps it is the beauty of the architecture, the reassuring
presence of the human hand, a nostalgia for the past, or connection to European
heritage that binds us to the structures. Whatever the cause, monuments that
are shared by a community often take on a deep resonance. Even within a short
space of time, they can give us a sense of belonging, of home.
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| At the Heart 32 cm (w) x 46.5 cm (h) SOLD |
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