NEWS
 The
Nova Scotia Art Bank is purchasing one of Justine's stone carvings, "Divine
Mother" and a
felt picture, "Sunflowers on Dark Blue".
Justine's work will be part of an exhibition in Halifax at
Mary E. Black gallery April 16th 2008.
Justine visited Fes, Morocco, for two months during the winter
of 2007 on an artist's retreat to carve stone.
It was an exhilarating experience for her to be carving stone
on a terrace overlooking the Medina with its pallid ochre terrace
tops, laundry lines, children playing simply and intermittent
calls from the Mosque requesting everyone's attention to prayer.
Pigeons cooed lovingly, watching from the walls above with
the sun beating down, and she was filled with gratitude
for being able to experience time alone to focus only on herself
and the stone.
The Nova Scotia Art Bank purchased one of Justine's felted pictures
in April 2006. This was very exciting for the artist as her work
was juried and chosen by other Nova Scotian artists. |