Canadian Rocky Mountains Near Jasper, Canada
Karen Dugas. Digital print. 12 x 120 in. 2020.
The photographs used in this work were chosen from hundreds, taken over thirty years ago during numerous hiking trips through the Rocky Mountains around Jasper, Alberta. Through the "blending" and "morphing" of images, I hope to suggest an almost infinite panorama which will reveal itself as a scroll when it is gently unrolled, much like our eyes might move from left to right to scan a new horizon.
Mountain ranges that could be seen from the air while flying, or "remembered" in a dream, are bracketed by more intimate views and soft colours of the foothills. Here, ANTHEM: Expressions of Canadian Identity becomes our individual and shared experience of "wilderness" that only a few may be able to access directly.