hbowland@ecuad.ca

Haley Bowland

Planting Series

Tree Portraits

I See Her in the Sun
(2022)

This work explores themes of self-reflection, inner-peace, and the remembrance of loved-ones through a minimalist environment. The space brings together a mixture of light filtered onto the floor to emulate sunlight through trees, as well as forest scent and two ambient soundscapes.

My intent was to create a space that mirrors a space that brings me peace, and is also a space where I like to reflect on and fondly remember people in my life who passed away. In spaces such as this, I like to think that they are somehow there with me, their presence felt in the beauty of the world, and to me, the sunlight filtering through the trees and dancing across the ground.