Beach Days
Beach Days

Mixed Media

Beach Days

This simple family photograph was taken at Ipperwash Beach in 2004. Although it is a simple image, it is full of my memories and lived experiences at this particular beach over the years. This photograph has hung in my house for as long as I can... More

Craft Weekend
Craft Weekend

Mixed Media

Craft Weekend

Craft Weekend is a family event that was created as a way for my extended family to see one another and create Christmas crafts before the holidays. Every year we would gather together and bond over our shared love for creativity. This painting is... More

Our Home
Our Home

Mixed Media

Our Home

This painting explores the particularly strange experience that my family encountered when buying our home in the early 2000s. My parents knew what neighbourhood they wanted to live in and were looking at a few different houses in this... More

Thesis Document
Thesis Document

Essay

Thesis Document

A supporting document narrated in the first person which deals with the exploration of how family photographs can influence, change and create memory. This document and artwork takes a look at photographs of my family throughout the years and... More

Who I'm Made From
Who I'm Made From

Mixed Media

Who I'm Made From

This was my first professional photograph taken and has hung in my house for as long as I can remember. As I was going through photographs for this series, I came across two separate images; one of my mom and one of my dad. Together these two... More

Winter Wonderland
Winter Wonderland

Mixed Media

Winter Wonderland

In grade 2 I had to create a storyboard project based on my family. For some reason that I cannot remember, seven year old me chose this photo to represent my mom and I. I chose this image out of the hundreds of other photographs that we have of us... More

Work by

Haley Burbine

“The walls of my family home are filled with frames that hold distant memories. The images within them range from old to new and coloured to black and white. Being surrounded by these photos everyday,...” [More]