“I have always held an affirmation and interest in the tangible visual footprints of rocks, bone, and sediment. Newfoundland affords my art a front row seat to its natural raw elements and terrain.”

“My August 2024 residency gifted me two-fold – visually as an artist I was engaged in a venue that offered multiple aesthetic opportunities and socially/culturally I was afforded a local community whose kindness and inclusivity was a masterpiece of hospitality. Eating Pearl’s rhubarb crisp at Canon Richard’s Tea Room, cod fishing with Joy and Don, and talking with Bonnie at the local post office was effortless and became the comfortable tapestry of my days.”

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Images: by Kellermann: Caribou, Blue Bear and a White Bird; Vessela and Best Friends; Bareneed Bear and Ice.