In this photographic series I attempt to disguise my presence by means of camouflage through an act of performance. This removal of self is an act of reverence. By means of this disguise, and by laying down midst the natural elements, I hope to ingratiate myself to her (mother nature), give myself up as an offering and be allowed to commune with all living things in harmony. It is an act of becoming part of something bigger than self, to connect with the immensity of being. It is a form of reflective nostalgia, a forward-looking commitment that builds on previous connection and intensity to a place of the past. Georgian Bay is, and is never, just a place in the past. … 

To dwell, according to the Oxford dictionary, means live in or at a specified place. In my youth that meant on the eastern shore of Georgian Bay, specifically Parry Sound, and in summer on Huckleberry Island in a cottage that my parents built in the early 1950s. a 20-minute boat ride from the town harbour. Parry Sound is located within the Robinson-Huron Treaty area. This treaty, signed in 1850, covers the territory of several First Nations, including Wasauksing, Shawanaga, Magnetawan, Dokis, and Henvey Inlet. The treaty also encompasses the traditional lands of the Anishinaabeg peoples, specifically the Ojibwa, Potawatomi, and Odawa. …