Anne-Marie Proulx

Inspired by her discovery of a cut willow tree on the banks of the Saint Lawrence River near Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Anne-Marie Proulx has been documenting, week by week, the life of this tree and the other forms of life that surround it. Presented in Stewart Park along Lac Saint-Louis, this project highlights the important relationship between vegetation, water, and ourselves.

Originally from Lévis, where she grew up near the Saint Lawrence River, Anne-Marie Proulx lives and works between the shores of Saint-Roch-des-Aulnais and Quebec City. Drawing on our conversations with the land and our relationship with language, she creates poetic worlds in response to the individual and collective bonds that we maintain with our environments. Her image-based, primarily photographic work questions both the physical and metaphorical spaces we occupy and which, in return, inhabit us as well. Her work is included in the permanent collections of Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Hydro-Québec, the City of Montreal and Méduse.

This project is presented by the Stewart Hall Art Gallery.

ARTIST: Anne-Marie Proulx

CURATOR: Manel Benchabane