Although in the past Erin-Blythe has focused her presentations on her textile designs in silk and natural yarns, this year she is introducing her interpretive watercolours. Her original cards are worked on 140-lb cold-pressed paper using Winsor and Newton and Da Vinci watercolours. Erin-Blythe continues to interpret the world around and within us, and chose this medium for its natural connection literally and figuratively to the land, the sky and the waters within which she is grateful to live on Manitoulin Island.
In completing her cards, Erin-Blythe gives much thought to the titles of her pieces, sometimes taking days to enable what has come through the creative process to become more clear in our timeframe. Her representations are deliberately crafted to leave much to the viewer’s imagination; the titles simply offer the viewer a starting point for contemplation.