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| Orchard #1 (2010) Colour print, 33 x 33 inches |
“For Holownia, I believe, thinking and looking are the same; and if they are, so also should they be for anyone looking at his photographs.” -- Peter Sanger, from the catalogue Wood published by Anchorage Press, 2010
As a young artist, Thaddeus Holownia was part of Toronto’s hip and burgeoning art scene. He
left Toronto in 1977 for a two-year teaching job
at Mount Allison
University in Sackville, New Brunswick.
Enchanted by his surroundings, Holownia remained there and has never returned
to living in an urban environment. His move to the Maritimes served to heighten
his awareness of deeper moral and spiritual issues which are now the
foundations of his ecologically conscious work.
Corkin Gallery recently received four works from the
collection Wood including Orchard #1,
pictured above. The photographs consider the materiality of wood and reveal the
life forces embodied in its substance.
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