By Dr. Julia Christensen
Artwork: Sunburst
Artwork: Denendeh
Julia’s Seaforest project (@_sea_forest ) began shortly after the Covid-19 pandemic started as a way to cope with homesickness, isolation and grief, while also seeking to feel more grounded in the natural beauty in her new home.
Through her time spent in nature, the collages she assembles with found materials, and the poems she selects to accompany them, she inadvertently stumbled upon a new love for visual art, and the healing powers of nature and connection.
Bio
Julia Christensen is a writer, artist and associate professor of geography at Memorial University. She moved to St. John’s in 2017 after four years in Copenhagen, but she was born and raised in Yellowknife in beautiful Denendeh (Northwest Territories).
