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JOANNE MACDONALD
I believe our lives are in a constant state of becoming who we are meant to be. Often we feel we must discard traits, memories, or relationships we think we no longer need or like. It is a process in life, how with the passage of time once unwanted or painful experiences evolve into our most valuable lessons. This journey towards becoming turns our emotional trash into treasures.
I constantly marvel at discarded objects and search for the hidden potential in them. I love to reclaim and transform something once meant for use somewhere else and recycling items thought to be of no value and finding within them unforeseen beauty and meaning.
I constantly marvel at discarded objects and search for the hidden potential in them. I love to reclaim and transform something once meant for use somewhere else and recycling items thought to be of no value and finding within them unforeseen beauty and meaning.
STATE OF BEING
BECOMING
SUSPENDED ELEMENTS
Joanne MacDonald is mixed media artist who for the last 10 years has been concentrating on sculpture using almost exclusively recycled materials. She has taken many courses from the Alberta College of Art and Design, as well as from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology to broaden her skill set and bring her to the place she is today with her artwork. Inspired by nature and working primarily in metal, Joanne cuts, weaves and welds raw materials. Her sculptural work includes both still life assemblages as well as strikingly abstract three dimensional forms. Joanne’s works are pensive and introspective, attempting to induce an emotional dialogue between the art and the viewer.
Joanne grew up in rural Quebec and has always felt the need to create. She moved to Calgary in 1980. After attending college, getting married, working and having a family her quest for personal expression and authenticity brought her back to her art. Through her art she tries to evoke an emotional response using familiar objects composed in an unfamiliar way. She uses found, natural and recycled materials, in different stages of erosion to represent our fragile, temporal nature. These pieces are often constructed in an effort to mirror the beautiful imperfection of life and relationships. With this approach each piece captures a snapshot of her often bittersweet perspective.
In the end Joanne’s art is cheaper than therapy and a tonic to her soul.
Joanne grew up in rural Quebec and has always felt the need to create. She moved to Calgary in 1980. After attending college, getting married, working and having a family her quest for personal expression and authenticity brought her back to her art. Through her art she tries to evoke an emotional response using familiar objects composed in an unfamiliar way. She uses found, natural and recycled materials, in different stages of erosion to represent our fragile, temporal nature. These pieces are often constructed in an effort to mirror the beautiful imperfection of life and relationships. With this approach each piece captures a snapshot of her often bittersweet perspective.
In the end Joanne’s art is cheaper than therapy and a tonic to her soul.
