Nicola Woods

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Nicola Woods is a fine art photographer born in England and now living in Toronto. She holds a MFA from Johnson State College VT and has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Canada and the USA, including most recently the Toronto Outdoor Art Show and the Riverdale Artwalk. Her work has work has been featured in several online articles including "An Interview with Nicola Woods" by the London Urban Tree Festival, and "Spotlight: Nicola Woods on her Unique Process by Yonge + St. Clair (BIA)

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

As a proud tree hugger I celebrate my tree friends by creating shimmering images that resemble early forms of photography such as daguerreotypes. When I spend time in nature I am captivated by the way light shimmers through the tree canopy and how sunshine glows through a leaf. I bring these beautiful qualities of light into my work by layering my photographs over metal leaf. The metallic backgrounds glow and change according to light conditions lending the images an ephemeral quality.