Cat and Mouse
Cat and Mouse

Illustration

Cat and Mouse

This piece was created as a flippable design to be wrapped around a skateboard. The idea behind the design is about the constant chase for survival. Both the hunter and the hunted at the end of the day have the same goal: to preserve their life.

Disposession
Disposession

Illustration

Disposession

In the GTA's rental landscape, the relationship between tenant and landlord is rarely equal. Many who rent know the particular feeling of being surveilled in a place that is supposed to be your own. Honey badgers are an extremely territorial animal... More

Gentrification
Gentrification

Illustration

Gentrification

There is a behaviour within some species of birds called brood parasitism, in which a bird will lay her eggs in another species' nest and allow them to raise her young. This results in the bird hatching, kicking the other birds from the nest, and... More

Obsolescence
Obsolescence

Illustration

Obsolescence

This year, Marineland threatened to euthanize its 30 beluga whales if the Canadian government did not agree to approve their transfer to the U.S., stating they no longer had the ability to care for them. The paint on their pools is peeling, the... More

Peril
Peril

Illustration

Peril

"Peril" concerns itself with a particular dread of danger from those who have managed to get close to you. The fox represents different stages of stalking, surveillance, life invasion, and intimidation. Foxes are able to smell rabbits underneath... More

Sandstorm
Sandstorm

Illustration

Sandstorm

Inspired by a quote from Haruki Murakami likening fate to being in a sandstorm. "So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk right through it,... More

Transience
Transience

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Transience

Across Tanzania and Kenya, the great wildebeest migration plays out: an unending cycle driven by necessity. In their search for grazing land and water, wildebeest face relentless predation, yet survivors persist, procreate, and carry the cycle... More

Work by

Patricia Wisniewski aka. Patsy Robin

Illustration

“Hey I'm Patsy! Welcome to my OCADU thesis collection....” [More]