Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris

Author:Tiffany Morris [Morris, Tiffany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: climate change, Mi'kmaq culture, Mi'kmaq language, Indigenous culture, Indigenous language, swampcore, death in fiction, grief and loss
ISBN: 9781778092671
Publisher: Stelliform Press
Published: 2023-09-23T22:00:00+00:00

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Further Into Deeper Shadow

24” x 36”

Mixed media on canvas

In Further into Deeper Shadow Francis incorporates the texture of raven feathers with the bony spine of the feather structure: it is these horizontal marks that compose the planes of the painting. The overall impact is dizzying: the viewer is uncertain where they are oriented in the time or space of the land. A daring piece of imagery, the dappled water in the corner of the canvas reflects the faintest sliver of moonlight once again, while Mi’kmaw hieroglyphs appear to be carved on the birch trees scattered across the canvas. Anemic figures, their faces twisted into grieved expressions, peer out from behind the trees. A woman is at the center, made of what the artist calls “unknown materials,” a resinous red drip outlining her body and pouring from the outline. While the canvas is indeed “busier” than other pieces, there is a remarkable sense of restraint revealed in the subject: all things are muted in their suffering, as if waiting for a greater truth to be revealed. The woman’s face is featureless, and only shadow figures, dark versions of the pale silhouettes, are there to witness her — not even the raven is sharing its knowledge, its feathers exposed but concealing further sight. Three small rabbits, joined at the ears, are almost hidden in another corner: a subtle use of a spiritual motif, healing the visceral images of the rabbits seen in Premonitions in Somnambulism. This piece exists in conversation with the previous pieces in the series and is part of Francis’s particular — and peculiar— surreal tendencies, fully embracing her love of the uncanny.

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