WaterVeil
Oil paint and collage on found frame and portrait
50 x 150 cm
2009

Mountain Fold
Digital Print
75 x 50 cm
2009

Waterlines
Oil paint and ink on paper
30 x 45 cm
2008

Exorcism
ink and oil paint on found image
2008

Stalactite and Stalagmites
wax and found wood shelf
75 x 150 x 50 cm
2009

Untitled
oil paint on digital print
65 x 80 cm
2009

Alexis Dirks

b. 1982, Winnipeg, Canada

Often using found images as a starting point; my work investigates a nostalgic relationship to the landscape and nature. Through the process of editing, deleting, and fragmenting images, I am interested in questioning where boundaries between a geographical landscape ends and an internal landscape might begin. By deconstructing, layering, and altering the angle of perspective, I am concerned with found imagery’s potential to take on new meaning while also evoking a sense of loss from its original context.