“Willow fronds pruned from a parent tree were used in place of paintbrushes to make layer after layer of marks in a public workshop. These patterns intermingle to form an abstracted bird’s eye landscape that was then painted with the waterways of the Grand River watershed. The name “O:se Kenhionhata:tie” was included to pay respect to the old Mohawk name for the “Willow River”. “

Paul Chartrand