Dysfunctional Family Print
Dysfunctional Family Print
Dysfunctional Family Print
Dysfunctional Family Print

Dysfunctional Family Print

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This print is part of Bertie's latest collection, "Nothing Serious" which was created during their artist residency with Sweetpea Gallery in Victoria BC. Read about the residency here.

This photograph represents a family yelling at the dinner table, everyone attempting to climb on top of one another to get the last word in. No one listens. This print was made by spray painting dinosaur toys and photographing them in studio using multiple exposures.

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11" x 8.5"

7" x 5"

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About this Collection

Sometimes creativity is stifled when we are focused on the outcome. So for this residency, I have kept repeating to myself: “nothing serious, nothing serious, nothing serious”. I am focusing on playing. I am focusing on the process. It’s been quite the mental exercise to let go of outcome. I took it really literally and ended up spending the month playing with toys! 🤪

For the month of September 2023 I was spending my time in Sweetpea Gallery's Greenhouse as the artist in residence. My project in the Greenhouse has now come to an end, and I couldn’t be happier with the results 🦕🦖

This project started with a vague idea: photographing objects and having fun/bringing playfulness to my practice😁

I wanted to take a side quest from my usual work (if you know my work you know I thrive with my creative portraiture). It’s easier to make people look interesting in photos because they are dynamic! 📸 We can incorporate movement, expressions and emotions. Photographing inanimate objects and still making them feel dynamic and emotional was the challenge I needed to step outside of comfort.

I chose toys because this whole project was meant to be playful. It was meant to remind me not to take myself too seriously. I decided to spray paint them and play with coloured lighting to encourage the emotional component of the photographs. I chose to do multiple exposures to bring in movement and and make these inanimate objects dynamic.

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