Artist Statement

What I see in the viewfinder is my relationship with place. Less evident teachings of nature interest me the most. My photos call attention to things most people overlook. This exploration of the overlooked helps me to engage more deeply with where I am in place. My choice of subject comes from a fierce desire to touch, through image, the wonder. I look for the light within the shadows and the uncommon in the common. This sometimes means that the subject, be it landscape of something else, can become abstract, evocative, a reminder that I may be creating and ‘other’ place when I photograph it. It is my hope that my imagery moves beyond the sphere of  photography and embodies a painterly approach and rendering. There is a distinct ambience to all my photographs, one that touches on the juxtaposition of the real, the imaginative, the mysterious, and the wonder.

Bio

Linda H.Y. Hegland is an award-winning photographer based out of the Annapolis Valley. She was born in England  in 1952 and her experiences of living there; immigration to the prairies of Canada; then living on the West Coast and now the East Coast, has greatly influenced her art. She holds a Master of Arts in Art Education exploring the relationship of art and place, and the indwelling within thin places. Her photographs have been shown in galleries at Simon Fraser University and the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. She has also exhibited at the Fraser River Discovery Centre in New Westminster and will have a solo exhibition in Middleton in November of 2018. The October 2018 edition of ArtAscent features one of her photos as the cover of the issue.