Brock River Canyon

23.5″ × 40″, oil on linen (2019) Brock River, Tuktut Nogait National Park, Northwest Territories, Canada

From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project

Canyons. It was not the kind of landscape that came to mind when I first began thinking about the Canadian Arctic. I had to see for myself.

A flight to Paulatuk, a day and a half across the tundra, and 40 kilometres later, we were camping on a plateau with arresting views at every edge. On this one, I perched my easel as the cries of gyrfalcons and peregrine falcons filled the sky.