Versions of Her

Flashe, acrylic, coloured pencil on 300gsm archival paper.

17.20x21.20x0.50"

"I think of who I was
Before I learned how to say no.
I think of the version of me
Who was scared to disappoint others
But I’d disappoint myself,
Easily, without missing a beat,
Over and over again.

I think about who I was
And who I am
And I wonder how we got from there to here.
I wonder what Little Me
Would think about that version of her
That became this version of me."

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About this collection:

An Ode to Joy started out as a goodbye-love-letter and visual homage to the artist’s studio space (that she named Joy), that was built for her by her father and family in 2022. When Tania sold her home and her belongings, and had to say goodbye to her beloved studio in summer 2025, she found herself overcome with conflicting emotions of grief and excitement.

An Ode To Joy is a celebration of new beginnings, an honouring of endings, and a realization that memories are always in motion, changing and fleeting, even if they were “captured” in the past, memories are never fully realized in the present.