Laurel Terlesky

Travel the universe and all you will see is the back of your head. Yayoi Kusama . Drawing #15, Hellebore

WIP Hellebore . . . #tenacityofhope#canadianart#laurelterlesky#nightimeart#drawing#interactivedrawing#mediaart#fineart#houseplants#systemsofcare

The audacity of Hope - Barak Obama had it right. Get after it. . . . #tenacityofhope#canadianart#laurelterlesky#nightimeart#sculpture #interactivesculpture #kineticart #mediaart#fineart#houseplants#systemsofcare

Another drawing done. Getting closer to finishing up this project. I’m struggling to get through my essay about this work considering the pandemic conditions. You would think hope is timely topic. It’s easy to write about the issues and events tied to hopelessness. Trying to turn that around to focus on cultivating and stimulating hope is a fleeting pursuit. I’ll get there though. . . . #tenacityofhope #canadianart #laurelterlesky #nightimeart #drawing #interactivedrawing #mediaart #fineart #houseplants #systemsofcare

Sharing a virtual studio tour I did for the 2020 Squamish Art Walk on IGTV. Looking forward to when I can share this work in person.

It’s important to say what hope is not: it is not the belief that everything was, is, or will be fine. The evidence is all around us of tremendous suffering and tremendous destruction. The hope I’m interested in is about broad perspectives with specific possibilities, ones that invite or demand that we act. It’s also not a sunny everything-is-getting-better narrative, though it may be a counter to the everything-is-getting-worse narrative. You could call it an account of complexities and uncertainties, with openings." (Solnit, Hope in the Dark (2015) foreword) . . . #tenacityofhope#canadianart#laurelterlesky#nightimeart#sculpture #interactivedrawing#mediaart#fineart#houseplants#systemsofcar