Phil N Leith-Tetrault

My work explores the idea of beauty in desolation. Inspired by my childhood trips to Greenland, Newfoundland, and Northern Quebec, I emphasize the pristine beauty of these environments as well as their loneliness and distance from the modern world. The landscapes suggest places free of society's grip, places without boundaries or rules. There, beauty and desolation are inseparable and reinforce one another.

I make these landscape prints using illustration software. I draw organic shapes in the form of old houses, mountains, trees, rocks, and flowers before filling these shapes with vivid color and photographed textures. During this process, the landscape begins to suggest physical and emotional feelings associated with its location.