Forest Acadien

Une collection des estampes par Caitlin Wilson
A collection of works by Caitlin Wilson

February 19 - March 18, 2010

Du 19 février au 18 mars, 2010

PinUp Gallery
140 rue Botsford St
(Centre Aberdeen Centre)
Moncton

The Acadian forest covers the Maritimes and parts of Quebec and Maine. It is an ecosystem unique to this region. Sadly, local industries are harvesting this forest at a staggering rate with methods that only suffice short term profit. These prints examine the new Acadian forest that will be left for future generations.

I have used a combination of industrial and natural printmaking techniques to test the boundaries between the natural and industrial world. Etching and silk-screening detracts from the natural flow of the trees form.  The cutting and burning methods of woodblock printing correspond to the forestry processes that are destroying the Acadian forest.

For information on what you can do for the Acadian forest, visit the Conservation Council of New Brunswick website:  http://conservationcouncil.ca/Acadian-Forest-Action/

Caitlin Wilson graduated with a BFA from Mount Allison University in 2008. She is now living in Moncton and revelling in her time at the Imago studio.