Missing Noah
Feb 26th - March 16th , Opening Reception March 5th 2-6 PM
This disaster has a name: The 2021 Pacific Northwest floods
Last November in British Columbia, as the roads were destroyed and the land completely submerged, 635 000 animals drowned in a matter of hours.
The idea for this series began last November when I saw a poignant image on Facebook. In this picture, young cows are drenched and crammed onto a fishing boat, but on their way to safety. Brad Mueller, the man driving the boat, is an electrician from a neighboring town and one of the volunteers who worked day and night to rescue animals from drowning in their pens. As I dig deeper, I saw images of people on their 'SeaDoo's dragging a swimming cow to dry land. I also saw images of volunteers with blankets warming up the hypothermic animals.
they were Modern Noahs.
I created this series as an homage.
Pascale Ouellet (Bigoudi)
SOLD - Missing Noah #1, 36x72, Oil on Canvas, 2022
Missing Noah #3, 48x72, Oil on Canvas, 2022, $6370
SOLD - Missing Noah #2, 48x48, Oil on Canvas, 2022
SOLD - Missing Noah #4, 48x48 Oil on Canvas, 2022
Missing Noah #5, 48x72, Oil on Canvas, 2022, $6370
Missing Noah #6, 48x60, Oil on Canvas, 2022, $5875
SOLD - Missing Noah #8, 15x20, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, 2022
Missing Noah #9, 20x15, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, 2022, $1100
Missing Noah #10, 15x20, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, 2022, $1100
Artist Biography
Although my native province of Quebec has shaped the person that I am, my
adopted Alberta has transformed the artist that I have become. During my
formative years in the mid 90s, I completed a diploma at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Fine Arts and Communications, attended the Visual
Arts Program at the Université du Québec à Montréal and graduated from
an intensive Interior Design program at Inter-Dec in Montreal. Since moving to Alberta in 2002, I have been largely self directed in my
artistic pursuits – participating in artist-residencies, attending
lectures by international artists, and teaching when time allows.
Since 2004, I have produced 26 solo exhibitions, participated in more than 35 juried group shows across Canada, and been awarded four Public
Art Commissions. I've also participated in four
artistic residencies, and have been selected as a
2015 artist-in-residence with TRACS program on Fogo Island in Newfoundland. I am represented by 9 galleries across Canada and my work
is in corporate and personal collections across Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Switzerland, Argentina and
the United Kingdom. You can also find my work at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and at the University of Regina.Pascale Ouellet
