Spirit Animals
The landscape in Northern Ontario is a part of the natural beauty of the north. I learn about
land, water and my relationship to them through the work that I create. Spirit Animals is a
series of digitally manipulated and unmanipulated images that encourages the audience to
view nature as interconnected and unified. These photographs exemplify the spirits inherent in
animals. The Spirit that is inherent in the earth and animals is a similar spirit that is within us.
We are all a part of this landscape. These photographs question the animal’s continued
existence in this changing landscape.
I take digital photographs that I often use as canvases on which I superimpose other
photographs that appear surreal. This is much like a painterly process. Through creating art
with digital photography, I am able to understand my relationship with nature.
Spirit Animals received funding from the Ontario Arts Council. All Spirit Animals photographs
are giclée prints which are archival quality and in additions of 10.

Bio
Kathy Browning is an Artist and an Art Educator. She has a Ph.D. and B.Ed. from
University of Toronto, an M.F.A. from York University, and a B.F.A. Honours from the
University of Manitoba. Kathy has taught Visual Arts and Technology at the elementary,
secondary, and university levels. She has shown artwork in all art media in Canada and the
United States. Kathy has received provincial and national awards and recognitions for art,
videos, art education, writing, publishing, and editing. Kathy’s giclée photographic prints are
on archival paper in editions of 10.
Please see the following URLs for her website and video
https://laurentian.ca/videos-visual-artists-greater-sudbury

Kathy Browning