Artwork Collection

Herbals

In current projects, I juxtaposition plant illustrations from the first secular books printed in Europe in the 1500s with my own photos of similar plants. I am exploring how this contrast between ancient and modern plant images captures the timeless, mysterious and often ambiguous relationships between plants and humans.

Herbals native wild flowers

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Little Black Lake
Little Black Lake

Installation

Little Black Lake

In Little Black Lake, my interpretation of a woodcut illustration from 1499AD, cut-outs of its leaf shapes, and a photopolymer gravure of a waterlily are assembled on a matrix that follows the shoreline of Little Black Lake in central Ontario.

Kishkebus Lake
Kishkebus Lake

Installation

Kishkebus Lake

Cut-outs of waterlily leaves, a digital woodcut of a waterlily and a photopolymer gravure of the same flower I photographed at Kishkebus Lake in Frontenac Park, Ontario are assembled on a matrix that follows the shoreline of the lake.

Work by

Nandy Heule

Printmaking

“I like to leverage the unique characteristics of printmaking, especially working with multiples and the accessibility of the medium. In current projects, I juxtapose plant illustrations from the...” [More]