Faculty of Art

Drawing and Painting

Bri Vermeer

Hope Less | Chutes Provincial Park; Massey, ON

Painting
2019
Oil on canvas
48x72"
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, as a form of recordkeeping. My large scale paintings often situate it within an unknown and ambiguously rendered environment to serve as a reminder that it is not necessarily the place that provides meaning, but the memory of the space you bring with you.

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Hope Less | Chutes Provincial Park; Massey, ON
Hope Less | Chutes Provincial Park; Massey, ON
DETAIL : Hope Less | Chutes Provincial Park; Massey, ON
DETAIL : Hope Less | Chutes Provincial Park; Massey, ON
DETAIL : Hope Less | Chutes Provincial Park; Massey, ON
DETAIL : Hope Less | Chutes Provincial Park; Massey, ON
DETAIL : Hope Less | Chutes Provincial Park; Massey, ON
DETAIL : Hope Less | Chutes Provincial Park; Massey, ON
DETAIL : Hope Less | Chutes Provincial Park; Massey, ON
DETAIL : Hope Less | Chutes Provincial Park; Massey, ON
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Bri Vermeer

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“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]