Acrylic Paint on Birch wood panel
265.5″ h x 43.5″
Cheryl Buckmaster, 2024
University of Saskatchewan
Through their research, the social scientists found a consensus among affected communities regarding the potential necessity for a secondary cleaning system due to the toxicity of the industrial waste water. Genomics was considered favourable by community members, as long as its use aligned with community values, for instance, no genetic engineering or modification should occur to Creator’s gifts.
The consequential “Filter” painting (currently in progress) includes Pearleen Kanewopasikot and her granddaughter, Kokum and nosism. Pearleen was a school principal in the Oilsand Athabasca area during Cheryl’s first years on the project and now continues as a leading educator on her home First Nation also connected to the Mackenzie watershed. Water runs through the cycle of life, Pearleen honors the grandmothers with one hand and her other hand catches the prey’s blood filtering safe, clean, water to future generations. Who is responsible for ensuring safe water is filtered through our lives?
Details of Grandmother and child, in Filtering.
Cheryl Buckmaster, 2024.
