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Plants of Grassy Mountain, 2020. 38 drawings: heated milk on paper, 38 drawings: charcoal and milk on paper, 17.78 x 25.4 cm, original drawings, HD video, 57:46.

This series of drawings depicts plants that have historically grown on or may still grow on Grassy Mountain in what is now known as the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta. The site of the proposed Grassy Mountain Coal Project. The drawings were created using milk on paper. Initially invisible, the heat from a candle or rubbing charcoal on the drawings reveals the image of each plant.

While the Grassy Mountain Coal project was denied, coal exploration, infrastructure development as well as past strip mining on Grassy Mountain has endangered and destroyed habitat, wildlife, waterways, soil, trees, and plants. The Government of Alberta is currently working towards the development of a new Coal Policy. Learn more here and at https://niitsitapiwaterprotectors.com/.

Photos: blkarts.ca

Plants of Grassy Mountain (Video)
HDV
04:33 (Preview)
2020
Silky Lupine
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Scorpionweed
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Fireweed
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Paintbrush
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Yarrow
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Cow Parsnip
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Silvery Lupine
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Common Tall Manna Grass
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Prairie Crocus
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Twisted Stalk
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Wild Licorice
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Sweetgrass
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Meadowsweet
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Elegant Aster
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Labrador Tea
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Heart-leaved Arnica
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Dandelion
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Fringed Sage
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Hairy Wild Rye
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Gooseberry
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Alberta Wild Rose
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Saskatoon
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Snowberry
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Prairie Onion
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Tufted Rough Fescue
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Bearberry
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Wavy-leaved Thistle
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Rosehip (Common Wild Rose)
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Currant
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Tufted Hair Grass
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Juniper
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Wolf Willow
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Balsamroot
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Ground Juniper
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Wild Raspberry
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
2020
Creeping Mahonia
heated milk on paper
17.78 x 25.4 cm
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