Incollect Magazine - Issue 11

Incollect Magazine 79 Christine Flynn Claire Carino Contemporary “Through photography, I seek to convey emotions and moods, prioritizing the essence of a moment over its factual representation,” says Toronto-based landscape photographer Christine Flynn. Her work isn’t strictly photography, for she combines photography with mixed media elements — mostly abstract shapes and forms applied by hand in coats of paint and gold leaf on top of the photographic surface. The results are layered, nuanced photographic images but with the surface texture and depth of an old master painting. Her images of landscapes from around the world, from Venice to Cape Town to the Hamptons, are striking enough in their own right, the artist drawn to beaches, water and wide-open spaces, frequently with misty, mysterious skies. Venice I  is more a study in soft light reflected in water than the typical depiction of the architecture along the Grand Canal. South African Dunes meanwhile conjures a vast untrammeled environment, leaving us in awe of the scale and power of nature. Venice I, 2021. Photograph and mixed media and resin. South African Dunes, 2021. Photograph and mixed media with resin.