Developed in the early 1990's and exhibited from 1993 and '98 in public galleries throughout the province, this multi-media body of work was motivated by the community of Port Hope, Ontario, its relationship to the local nuclear power industry and disposal of low-level radioactive waste. Addressed through paintings, reprography and videotapes, the use of appropriative strategies links the nuclear landscape to the history of landscape depiction. Rembrandt, Constable, Turner and Monet are translated into sites such as Darlington, Pickering and Wellesleyville nuclear plants and their environs. Issues of power, the loss of childhood and paradise, and terrible beauty arise. A catalogue with essays by Stuart Reid, Terrence Heath and David Macfarlane accompanies this body of work.
