Written Connections
The longstanding art of letter writing is dying in light of our current technology. Even emails are short texts even shorter with abbreviations and emoticons used to keep things even shorter. When was the last time we sent a real heartfelt message through the mail to a friend or loved one? Remember how it felt to receive a card or letter in the mail? Remember the connection you would feel with the person who sent the mail, the stories that were told?
The Written Connection is about exploring this bond.
On display now:
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Semiahmoo Arts - Turnbull Gallery in South Surrey
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February 5 - March 7 2024
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This project was previously on display:
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White Rock Community Center
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June 16 - July 16 2016
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Revelstoke Visual Arts Center
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June 30 - August 25 2017
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Armstrong Spallumcheen Museum and Art Gallery
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September 7 - 30 2017
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Please contact me if you would like to commission a favourite stamp, family letter, or collection of letters to be immortalized in paint. nina@themediaartist.net
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To check out what stamp paintings I currently have for sale have a look at my Stamp Collection
Artist Statement
We live in a world where we talk but don’t communicate.
We type words but do they mean anything?
In our digital world where the less you verbalize the more likely you are to be heard, deep and meaningful connections are missed. Lasting friendships are not made in 144 characters or less so why is it we communicate this way more and more.
We used to take the time to write a letter to a friend or family member to find out how they have been or to tell them of the latest news our lives. Even the first emails were slowly written, picking the right words and proof read before hitting send. Time has passed, and emails have gotten shorter and shorter and the built in spell checkers and autocorrect does our proof reading for us, sometimes to the confusion of the receiver.
A written letter whether it’s a page or ten conveys so much more than the written words. We lose the ability to read between the lines when we communicate with texts or tweets. Emoticons only go so far to express what can be divined from hand writing and pen marks. Clues to the writers mood and emotion are conveyed though the pressure of pen to paper or the how the words flow and are spaced. What Written Connections aims to do, is to bring to the attention of the audience these forgotten attributes of a written letter. A letter is not just the written word passing between two people as so many other mediums but a story and a connection between people. Letters are saved and coveted; text messages are archived and never again reviewed.