"My life has been filled with great positive and negative events which lead to the paintings, drawing, whether real or imagined. Yet the work has it's own limitations as no matter how inclusive the intention much is left out through my own inabilities. The symbolic expressions of these multitude of images cannot be easily defined, they are not meant to explain as with words but to reveal a mere glimpse of the struggle within and behind the facades surrounding humanity. The use of building materials, canvas, paper and camera reflects my labour-working heritage. I have lived and traveled  throughout Canada's Arctic and the northern towns and cities of Ontario and Manitoba, finally settling in my country's Capitol."

                                                                                                                                                                                - Heather J Martelock