Artwork Collection

Forlorn

My work makes monuments of sentimental items: this knitted, patchwork blanket — crafted years ago by my Oma Vermeer-Honingh — holds memories, experience, and age within its knots. Large-scale oil paintings situate it within an ambiguously rendered environment while small prints and tiny watercolour paintings crafted as detailed tokens, serve as a reminder that it is not necessarily the place that provides meaning, but the memories of the space you carry with you.

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my Light's Too Bright «Cold Dark Heart» | Pointe-à-Callière; Montréal, QC
my Light's Too Bright «Cold Dark Heart» | Pointe-à-Callière; Montréal, QC

Painting

my Light's Too Bright «Cold Dark Heart» | Pointe-à-Callière; Montréal, QC

My work makes monuments of sentimental items: this knitted, patchwork blanket — crafted years ago by my Oma Vermeer-Honingh — holds memories, experience, and age within its knots. The context and location of each painting is provided by the title,... More

Bri Vermeer - Forlorn - GradEx 106
Bri Vermeer - Forlorn - GradEx 106

Publication

Bri Vermeer - Forlorn - GradEx 106

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a mother's knit | a bungalow; Tottenham, ON
a mother's knit | a bungalow; Tottenham, ON

Print

a mother's knit | a bungalow; Tottenham, ON

Edition of 10 Working through a new medium and process of image-making dictates that I acquire a completely new "alphabet" with which to create new words and assemble new prose. Like a grandmother teaching her grandchild to knit, my hands... More

i can feel the Future breathing down my neck | Jackson Park; Peterborough, ON
i can feel the Future breathing down my neck | Jackson Park; Peterborough, ON

Painting

i can feel the Future breathing down my neck | Jackson Park; Peterborough, ON

An exploration of watercolour and gouache on paper, to find a method of working with the different medium that would best translate how I previously worked in oils.

postcard | Esker Lakes Provincial Park; Kirkland Lake, ON
postcard | Esker Lakes Provincial Park; Kirkland Lake, ON

Print

postcard | Esker Lakes Provincial Park; Kirkland Lake, ON

Working through a new medium and process of image-making dictates that I acquire a completely new "alphabet" with which to create new words and assemble new prose. Like a grandmother teaching her grandchild to knit, my hands stumbled through... More

Everybody's Lookin' [for the Meaning of All Of This «JOYBOY»] | Café São, de Lorimier, Montréal, QC
Everybody's Lookin' [for the Meaning of All Of This «JOYBOY»] | Café São, de Lorimier, Montréal, QC

Painting

Everybody's Lookin' [for the Meaning of All Of This «JOYBOY»] | Café São, de Lorimier, Montréal, QC

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holding, waiting, for Something | Colonel Samuel Smith Park; Toronto, ON
holding, waiting, for Something | Colonel Samuel Smith Park; Toronto, ON

Photography

holding, waiting, for Something | Colonel Samuel Smith Park; Toronto, ON

Working through a variety of media including photography, I will continue to explore the ways that I may take apart and reassemble facsimiles (both literal and symbolic) of this blanket to craft new meanings and memorials. I hope to investigate... More

it Feels like Winter Follows You Around | Colonel Samuel Smith Park; Toronto, ON
it Feels like Winter Follows You Around | Colonel Samuel Smith Park; Toronto, ON

Photography

it Feels like Winter Follows You Around | Colonel Samuel Smith Park; Toronto, ON

Working through a variety of media including photography, I will continue to explore the ways that I may take apart and reassemble facsimiles (both literal and symbolic) of this blanket to craft new meanings and memorials. I hope to investigate... More

Hope Less | Chutes Provincial Park; Massey, ON
Hope Less | Chutes Provincial Park; Massey, ON

Painting

Hope Less | Chutes Provincial Park; Massey, ON

My work makes monuments of sentimental items: this knitted, patchwork blanket — crafted years ago by my Oma Vermeer-Honingh — holds memories, experience, and age within its knots. The context and location of each painting is provided by the title,... More

Exeunt Omnes | Awenda Provincial Park; Tiny, ON
Exeunt Omnes | Awenda Provincial Park; Tiny, ON

Painting

Exeunt Omnes | Awenda Provincial Park; Tiny, ON

My work makes monuments of sentimental items: this knitted, patchwork blanket — crafted years ago by my Oma Vermeer-Honingh — holds memories, experience, and age within its knots. The context and location of each painting is provided by the title,... More

Giant's Tomb | Awenda Provincial Park; Tiny, ON
Giant's Tomb | Awenda Provincial Park; Tiny, ON

Painting

Giant's Tomb | Awenda Provincial Park; Tiny, ON

My work makes monuments of sentimental items: this knitted, patchwork blanket — crafted years ago by my Oma Vermeer-Honingh — holds memories, experience, and age within its knots. The context and location of each painting is provided by the title,... More

and a hard place | Grange Park; Toronto, ON
and a hard place | Grange Park; Toronto, ON

Other

and a hard place | Grange Park; Toronto, ON

Working through a new medium and process of image-making dictates that I acquire a completely new "alphabet" with which to create new words and assemble new prose. Like a grandmother teaching her grandchild to knit, my hands stumbled through... More

between | Baldwin Village; Toronto, ON
between | Baldwin Village; Toronto, ON

Other

between | Baldwin Village; Toronto, ON

Working through a new medium and process of image-making dictates that I acquire a completely new "alphabet" with which to create new words and assemble new prose. Like a grandmother teaching her grandchild to knit, my hands stumbled through... More

We made it down to Old Town «Churches & Shadows» | Pointe-à-Callière; Montréal, QC
We made it down to Old Town «Churches & Shadows» | Pointe-à-Callière; Montréal, QC

Painting

We made it down to Old Town «Churches & Shadows» | Pointe-à-Callière; Montréal, QC

My work makes monuments of sentimental items: this knitted, patchwork blanket — crafted years ago by my Oma Vermeer-Honingh — holds memories, experience, and age within its knots. The context and location of each painting is provided by the title,... More

Work by

Bri Vermeer

Painter and printmaker

“Bri's current work focuses on the intersections of memory, disability, family textiles, and movement through both the built and natural environment. She happily switches between the intuitive process...” [More]