DOVES OF HOPE IS CELEBRATING 25 YEARS WITH ART

Let Hope Fly
Oil on Canvas | 72” x 48”
A vibrant, emotional painting exploring the paradox of a cancer journey—sorrow balanced by hope. Bold lines, vivid colour and intertwined figures evoke community and connection through rich texture. Doves throughout the work symbolize care, unity, and hope for patients through life-saving research and early detection.

Roses
Photography | 18.9” x 22.4”
Roses is a still life of artificial flowers made of and surrounded by plastic, symbolizing resourcefulness, innovation, and the potential to last indefinitely. Carefully placed faux raindrops suggest freshness and enduring hope.

 

Moving Through the Storm
Acrylic and Spray Paints | 20” x 16” x 2 (diptych)
Gloria Swain’s painting reflects the hope of being seen, heard, and included. Strong lines and bold colours convey the courage and resilience required to face breast cancer, while raising awareness of the often-missing narratives of older women—especially Black women—living with Stage 4 breast cancer.

 

Scared Renewal
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas | 12” x 60”
Vicky Talwar’s Sacred Renewal reflects her experience as a Hindu Canadian, exploring identity, cultural hybridity, and memory. Using vivid pigments and spiritual motifs—garlands, mala beads, threads, Himalayan salt—she creates a space for healing and transformation. Each meditative, intentional piece invites contemplation, inner harmony, and a journey of self-exploration.

Blossoms
Inkjet Print (Photography) | 27” x 32”
In Blossoms, Angelucci forms a lush floral bouquet by layering antique glass lantern slides once used for botanical lectures. Hand-painted in rich greens and yellows, the flowers become a gesture of love and healing, symbolizing life and growth emerging from darkness.

Brave Enough
Acrylic, Flashe, Coloured Pencil on Canvas | 44” x 44”
Brave Enough reflects the liminal state of floating between grief and gratitude, and those days when you must conjure the courage not to be perfect or without fear, but simply to be brave enough to keep going.
 

Clovers
Oil on Panel | 13” x 15”
Clovers was created during the Annandale artist residency in July 2023, following Laura’s first extended period of painting after cancer surgery and treatment. Depicting flowers outside the residency, the work reflects how clovers—often seen as weeds—shone most brightly in the darkness of night
 

Red #1
Ink on Cut Canvas | 19.5” x 15”
Red #1 is a predominantly red collage marked by uneven breaks that expose the canvas beneath, symbolizing unplanned moments of joy found through happenstance. Echoing Leonard Cohen’s line, “there is a crack in everything,” the work reminds us that light and hope can emerge from brokenness.

Courtesy of MKG127

Unshakable Spirit
Sculpted Dove on Canvas | 17” x 17”
Unshakable Spirit is a sculptural dove honoring Erica’s cousin and friend, diagnosed with breast and ovarian cancer. Its soft yet steadfast form symbolizes courage, resilience, and the inner strength that endures even in life’s heaviest seasons.

 

Stay at Home
Textile | 47” x 47”
For Gabel, quilting is a meditative, labor-intensive practice that evokes warmth and comfort. Deeply personal, it reflects intergenerational knowledge passed through the women in her lineage. In this work, a pattern of houses symbolizes community care and support as sources of comfort and hope during difficult times.

The Garden
White stoneware, glazed inlay
18” in height and approx. 10” in diameter
Kendra’s grandfather introduced her to ceramics through gardening and clay, teaching the value of craftsmanship. The Garden is a vessel engraved with family memories, embodying her experience and resilience as a colon cancer survivor.
 

The Shape of Water: Between Heaven and Earth
Digital Photograph | 22” x 30”
Between Heaven and Earth features tangled, glowing stalks and leaves against a dark, velvety background, inviting viewers into an ephemeral, meditative world. It evokes autumnal energy gathering underground, strengthening roots to sustain life until spring’s return.

Promise
Oil Painting | 28” x 22”
Promise reflects Gordon’s cancer journey through nature’s regenerative power. Lush greenery symbolizes renewal, resilience, and quiet strength, while a dove’s shadow on the sitter’s chest reminds us of the hope within, offering inner strength in difficult times.

Flight Patterns
Acryla Gouache on Wood Panel | 20” x 16”
Flight Patterns transforms floral stems into a soaring arrangement of doves, symbolizing hope, freedom, and self-determination. Marble dewdrops on mint leaves evoke peace and renewal, like rain after a storm or the freshness of a new day.

Hope’s Armour in two parts; uncertainty and possibility
Sculpture; Sterling Silver Scrap,
Herkimer Diamonds 5” x 14.5”
Kara explores the paradox that everything is precious and nothing is precious, examining how context, history, durability, and material agency shape cultural value. Interested in material as a force with memory and consequence, she uses a curving arc to connect extremes, suggesting hope emerges through balance between despair and possibility.

Wings Over Georgian Bay
Acrylic on Canvas | 36” x 48”
Wings Over Georgian Bay celebrates resilience, renewal, and the healing power of colour. Inspired by Georgian Bay, vibrant hues highlight Ontario’s water, rocks, and sky, while a dove symbolizes hope and peace. The painting reflects Alexandra’s journey through cancer, where uplifting colours became a source of strength and guided her path as a full-time artist.

 

Together We Can Find Hope
Canvas | 42” x 32”
This painting honors the courage, strength, and hope of all affected by cancer, including Vicki’s journey as a two-time breast cancer survivor. A blazing red sky conveys passion and emotion, while tall, intertwined trees reflect the power of unity and the belief that together, anything is possible.

Amanti, Cinque Terre
Series: Taste of Salt
Ink on Paper (Photography) | 24” x 30”
Amanti, Cinque Terre is a part of Liam Cushing’s 2020 series Taste of Salt, capturing the resilience and spirit of Italians during pandemic lockdowns. Bittersweet yet irrepressible, the works reflect moments of joy in a dark time, like salt lingering on the tongue.

L’ombra di Milano, Lomdardia
Series: Taste of Salt
Ink on Paper (Photography) | 30” x 24”
L’ombra di Milano, Lombardia is part of Liam Cushing’s 2020 series Taste of Salt, capturing the resilience and spirit of Italians during pandemic lockdowns. Bittersweet yet irrepressible, the works reflect moments of joy in a dark time, like salt lingering on the tongue.

Hang En
Ink on Paper (Photography) | 24” x 30”
In Hang En, Cushing captures a journey from darkness to light, documenting the sublime scale and beauty of one of the world’s largest natural caves in Vietnam’s Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng National Park. By braving the shadows, a breathtaking, light-filled view is revealed.